On the right is the loveliest conte crayon illustration to ever depict a Tiger tank, accompanied by some vital statistics and assorted observations that were recorded by the U.S. Department of War and printed in one of their manuals in March of 1945:
"This tank, originally the Pz. Kpfw. VI, first was encountered by the Russians in the last half of 1942, and by the Western Allies in Tunisia early in 1943..."
Throughout the war, the German manufactured only 1,347 Tiger tanks.
Click here to read a 1944 article about the Tiger Tank.
Click here to read about the Patton Tank in the Korean War...
