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Jagdtiger (Hunting Tiger) was german heavy tank destroyer. The official German designation was 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B. Ordnance inventory designation: Sd. Kfz. 186. Other designations: Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger; 12,8cm Pak 44 auf Panzerjäger Tiger.
Jagdtigers were the most heavily armed and protected of all the armoured fighting vehicles used during World War 2. Jagdtiger first battle action was in the Ardennes, than later in the defence of Germany. With 250 mm armor Jagdtiger was an incredible machine, but was undepowered and hard to manoeuvre. The same engine being used in lighter afv.
Main gun: 12,8 cm PaK 44 L/55. Max armor: 250 mm. Toral production: 88 tank destroyers.
Technical specifications:
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- Wreck of Jagdtiger from s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 512 and Dodge WC Offensen 1945
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- Jagdtiger 224 of the sPzJgAbt. 653 at Iggelheim 1945
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- Jagdtiger 211 of the sPzJgAbt 653 Illertissen 1945
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- Abandoned Jagdtiger 7
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger 6
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- Captured Jagdtiger 305004
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- Jagdtiger hit by bomb
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- Jagdtiger of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653
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- Jagdtiger 331 of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 2
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- JagdTiger 234 of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 2
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- JagdTiger 234 of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 3
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- JagdTiger 234 of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 4
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- Jagdtiger “331” 305020 of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 and armored Jeep, Neustadt March 1945
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- Jagdtiger Fgst.Nr. 305003 Nibelungenwerke 1944
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- Captured Jagdtiger “323” of the of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653, 1943
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- Jagdtiger “234” from schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 in Soultz France
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger of Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512 at Offensen, 1945
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- Jagdtiger “314” Fgst.Nr. 305012 from schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653, commander Feldwebel Erich Bonike
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- Jagdtiger of the sPzJgAbt. 512 at Osterode 1945
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger of sPzJgAbt. 653 near Gmund am Tegernsee
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- “Hunting Tiger” of Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512
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- Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B “314” Hurtgenwald end 1944
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- 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger number 102 of sPzJgAbt. 653
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- Jagdtiger Fgst.Nr. 305001, early vehicle with a Porsche suspension 1944
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger Fgst.Nr. 305024 “134” of sPzJgAbt. 653, Rimling 1945
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- Jagdtigers assembly line in the Nibelungenwerk at St. Valentin, January 1945
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- Jagdtiger “314” Fgst.Nr. 305012 from schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653
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- Jagdtiger with direct hits on its frontal armor
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- Jagdtigers with the Porsche suspension, Fallingbostel 1944
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- Captured Jagdtigers of the sPzJgAbt 512, Germany 1945
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger 5
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- Jagdtiger 234 of the 653 sPzJgAbt and troops from U.S. 36 ID in Soultz France 18 March 1945
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- Jagdtiger interior left side
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- Jagdtiger number 323 of the 3/schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653
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- Jagdtiger “323” damaged gun mantlet
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- Jagdtiger number 131 of the sPzJgAbt 653 Schwetzingen 1945
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger with Porsche suspension
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- Abandoned Jagdtiger number 323 of the schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653
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- Jagdtiger 305058 code X7 of the schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 512, Netphen 1945
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- Jagdtiger tank destroyer
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- Tank destroyer Jagdtiger number 102
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- Jagdtiger number 233 of the schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653
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- Destroyed Jagdtiger of the schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653
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- Jagdtiger Fgst.Nr. 305003 with Porsche suspension, 1944
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- Jagdtiger of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 Steinweiler Pfalz 1945. Tank destroyer being transported on rail car.
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- Jagdtiger Porsche suspension Sd.Kfz 186
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- Jagdtiger of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 in Neustadt 1945. Tactical number 331
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- Jagdtiger Panzerjager Tiger Ausf B
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- Jagdtiger of the 3/Schwere Panzerjager-Abteilung 512 (sPz.Jg.Abt. 512) St. Andreasberg 1945
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- German tank destroyer Jagdtiger
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- Jagdtiger 332 of the 653rd Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion
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- 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger tactical number 332 abandoned and blown up by the crew near Morsbronn-les-Bains
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- Jagdtiger 332, of the 3rd company 653rd schewere Panzerjäger Abteilung (Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion). Morsbronn-les-Bains 1945
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- Jagdtiger sdkfz186
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- 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger Sd.Kfz. 186
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- Jagdtiger of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 Etterschlag
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- Jagdtiger heavy tank destroyer
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- Jagdtiger wreck of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512. Osterode 1945
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- German tank destroyer Jagdtiger at Soultz
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- Jagdtiger of s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653 with zimmerit (Porsche suspension)
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- Captured Jagdtiger on Gotha trailer (chassis 305004), Haustenbeck 1945
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- Jagdtiger code X5 of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512 (s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 512)
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- Jagdtiger 131 from Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653 in Schwetzingen 1945
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- Jagdtiger with zimmerit of the schwere Panzer Jager Abteilung 653. Tactical number 301
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- Jagdtiger of the 1st company 653rd schewere Panzerjäger Abteilung (Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion). Schwetzingen 30 March 1945.
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- German tank destroyer Jagdtiger – front view
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- 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger number 102
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- Jagdtiger of the s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 653, number 102
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- Jagdtiger tank destroyer Kubinka
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- Jagdtiger destroyed by internal explosion
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- 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B Jagdtiger number 332 photo
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- Tank destroyer Jagdtiger captured by the US Army
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- Jagdtiger of the Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 653, tactical number 131
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- German tank destroyer Jagdtiger
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- Jagdtiger of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 tactical number 331
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- Jagdtiger of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653. Tactical number 332, vehicle commander: Feldwebel Heinz Telgmann
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- Captured Panzerjager Jagdtiger 305004 Haustenbeck 1945
Jagdtiger (Hunting Tiger) was german heavy tank destroyer. The official German designation was 12,8 cm Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B. Ordnance inventory designation: Sd. Kfz. 186. Other designations: Jagdpanzer VI Jagdtiger; 12,8cm Pak 44 auf Panzerjäger Tiger.
Jagdtigers were the most heavily armed and protected of all the armoured fighting vehicles used during World War 2. Jagdtiger first battle action was in the Ardennes, than later in the defence of Germany. With 250 mm armor Jagdtiger was an incredible machine, but was undepowered and hard to manoeuvre. The same engine being used in lighter afv.
Main gun: 12,8 cm PaK 44 L/55. Max armor: 250 mm. Toral production: 88 tank destroyers.
Technical specifications:
version |
Henschel |
Porsche |
crew |
6 |
6 |
lenght |
10654 mm |
10370 mm |
hull lenght |
7527 mm |
7527 mm |
width |
3625 mm |
3625 mm |
height |
2945 mm |
2945 mm |
combat weight |
75200 kg |
74000 kg |
ground pressure |
1,06 kg/cm2 |
1,059 kg/cm2 |
armor / angle: |
hull:150 mm front, 100 mm front lower, 80 mm sides and rear, top and bottom: 40 mm turret: 250 mm front, sides and rear: 80 mm |
hull:150 mm front, 100 mm front lower, 80 mm sides and rear, top and bottom: 40 mm turret: 250 mm front, sides and rear: 80 mm |
engine: |
Maybach HL 230 P30, 750 hp at 3000 rpm. 12 cylinder, water-cooled, gasoline 23000 cm3. Weight: 1300 kg |
Maybach HL 230 P30, 750 hp at 3000 rpm. 12 cylinder, water-cooled, gasoline 23000 cm3. Weight: 1300 kg |
transmission |
Maybach OLVAR EG 40 12 16 B (Adler Frankfurt, Waldwerke Passau, Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen), 8 forward and 4 reverse |
Maybach OLVAR EG 40 12 16 B (Adler Frankfurt, Waldwerke Passau, Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen), 8 forward and 4 reverse |
fuel |
860 l |
860 l |
fuel consumption (road / off road) per 100 km |
800 l / 1100 l |
800 l / 1100 l |
tracks |
Kgs 73/800/300 |
Gg 24/800/300 |
number of links per track |
94 |
92 |
track contact |
4240 mm |
4240 mm |
track base |
2790 mm |
2790 mm |
max speed |
35 km/h |
35 km/h |
range |
110 km (70-80 km off-road) |
110 km (70-80 km off-road) |
grade |
35° |
35° |
trench crossing |
2500 mm |
2500 mm |
vertical obstacle |
880 mm |
880 mm |
fording |
1750 mm |
1750 mm |
ground clearance |
490 mm |
480 mm |
ammunition |
40 rounds |
40 rounds |
secondary armament |
1 x MG34 or MG42 (1500 rounds) |
1 x MG34 or MG42 (1500 rounds) |
chassis numbers |
305002 – ? |
305001, 305003-305012 |
manufacturer |
Nibelungenwerke |
Bibliography
- Panzer Tracts No.9 Jagdpanzer Jagdpanzer 38 to Jagdtiger – Thomas L. Jentz, Hilary Louis Doyle