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in the very early years), and due to being underdeveloped were prone to break down or require frequent maintenance. It was also difficult for the Third Reich to obtain additional amounts of quality copper to build whole new fleets of vehicles with electric drives in addition to the increasing demands
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per side, for a total of 12 individual wheels, 6 road wheels/axles, in 3 bogies. The wheels were not 'interleaved' like those of the Tiger I. The 57 to 59 tons combat weight in combination with 640 mm wide "slack-tracks" (KGS 62/640/130) using no return rollers, produced a ground pressure of
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design also used for
Henschel's contract-winning VK45.01(H) prototype design. The first eight turrets produced had lower sides and a flat roof with raised centre section to allow the gun to be depressed through a larger arc.
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located at the rear. The fuel tanks carried 520 litres of petrol and allowed a driving range of 105 kilometers. Two compressed air tanks in the front crew compartment area assisted the driver during braking maneuvers.
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Porsche developed the spring rod roller carriage; there were 6 road wheels, each road wheel formed of an inner and outer paired wheel per axle. The six paired road wheels were divided into three 2-axle
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VK45.01 chassis fitted with a concrete turret mockup to simulate the weight of the Krupp turret for testing purposes. Only 100 chassis were built.
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History of the Porsche Type 100 and 101 also known as the Leopard and Tiger (P)
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Ferdinand (
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German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II
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Panzerkampfwagen VI P - The
History of Porsche Types 100/101
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driving the rear sprockets. In this drive system, a
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521:91 existing VK 4501 chassis were converted into
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730:. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing.
298:. The Porsche company worked on updating the
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386:Model reconstruction of Porsche VK 45.01(P)
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728:Germany's Tiger Tanks: D.W. to Tiger I
711:. Darlington: Darlington Productions.
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450:with a ratio of 15: 1 directly to the
356:and mount the new, longer, 88 mm
341:, was adopted for production instead.
290:gun which was derived from the German
923:10.5 cm leFH18/3 (Sf) auf G.W. B-2(f)
707:Jentz, Thomas; Doyle, Hilary (1997).
7:
747:Tigers I and II and Their Variants
515:Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Ferdinand"
157:20–100 mm (0.79–3.94 in)
126:3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
118:9.54 m (31 ft 4 in)
81:10 + 90 hulls, hulls converted to
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134:2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
27:German heavy tank prototype, 1942
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536:Panzerjäger Tiger (P) "Elefant"
189:2 x 10 cylinder Porsche Type 101
1285:Experimental/prototype vehicles
745:Spielberger, Walter J. (2007).
619:"Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger (P)"
333:fleet (which used very similar
292:88 mm Flak 37 antiaircraft gun
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1496:World War II tanks of Germany
562:Tiger (P). Only 3 were built.
499:VK 45.01 (P) (Porsche Tiger)
440:mechanical power transmission
335:diesel-electric transmissions
211:105 km (65 mi) road
1456:List of Sd.Kfz. designations
667:Jentz and Doyle 1997, p. 54.
191:310 PS (306 hp, 288 kW) each
1461:List of VK-designated tanks
487:VK 45.01 (P) Test prototype
472:, was essentially the same
231:, also informally known as
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597:. Darlington Productions.
318:drive a separate generator
221:35 km/h (22 mph)
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407:about 1.06 kg / cm.
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83:Ferdinand tank destroyers
50:Place of origin
1491:World War II heavy tanks
870:Self-propelled artillery
199:Longitudinal torsion-bar
1180:Sd.Kfz. 231/32/33/34/63
1175:Sd.Kfz. 221/22/23/60/61
645:"Panzer VI "Tiger" (P)"
414:specially developed by
412:gasoline-electric drive
348:(although designated a
253:gasoline-electric drive
1501:Heavy tanks of Germany
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374:prototype heavy tank.
326:some brief experiments
243:prototype designed by
938:15cm sFH13/1 (Sf) LrS
933:10.5cm leFH18(Sf) 39H
928:10.5cm leFH18(Sf) LrS
568:VK 45.01 "RammTiger"
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251:. With a dual engine
552:Bergepanzer Tiger(P)
434:) individual-output
45:Prototype heavy tank
1309:Geschützwagen Tiger
1259:Demolition vehicles
625:on 18 February 2014
470:coaxial machine gun
1440:Flakpanzer Mareșal
1359:Flakpanzer Coelian
1314:Entwicklung series
1207:anti-aircraft guns
684:on 5 February 2020
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288:8.8 cm Kwk 36 L/56
169:8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56
60:Production history
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1425:Gep. MTW Kätzchen
756:978-0-76432-780-3
737:978-0-7643-1038-6
718:978-1-8928-4803-1
416:Ferdinand Porsche
312:Porsche Type 101
270:tank destroyers.
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181:2 x 7.92 mm MG 34
16:(Redirected from
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1420:VK 16.02 Leopard
1383:Proposed designs
1304:Panzer VIII Maus
1298:Panzer I Ausf. F
1292:Panzer I Ausf. C
1220:Flakpanzer 38(t)
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1449:Designations
1435:VK 20 series
1430:VK 45.02 (P)
1410:P.1000 Ratte
1369:VK 45.01 (P)
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1364:VK 30.01 (P)
1354:Pz. Sfl. IVc
1318:Panzer E-100
1215:Flakpanzer I
1162:Armored cars
948:Assault guns
826:Panzer 38(t)
821:Panzer 35(t)
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701:Bibliography
686:. Retrieved
682:the original
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54:Nazi Germany
29:
1339:Sturer Emil
1276:Borgward IV
1190:Sd.Kfz. 247
1185:Sd.Kfz. 234
1074:Half-tracks
1059:Jagdpanther
996:Panzerjäger
678:"VK4502(P)"
560:Bergepanzer
527:jagdpanzers
448:final drive
442:system and
422:designated
350:Panzerjäger
274:Development
268:Panzerjäger
205:Operational
78: built
18:VK 4501 (P)
1485:Categories
1349:Pz.Sfl. II
1344:Dicker Max
1324:Panther II
1300:(VK 18.01)
1248:Kugelblitz
1238:Wirbelwind
1233:Möbelwagen
1034:RSO/PaK 40
1000:Jagdpanzer
981:Sturmtiger
918:Karl-Gerät
831:Panzer III
688:24 October
650:17 October
629:17 October
580:References
346:Jagdpanzer
310:air cooled
241:heavy tank
196:Suspension
108:short tons
1400:Panzer IX
1294:(VK 6.01)
1087:Sd.Kfz. 2
1064:Jagdtiger
971:StuIG 33B
836:Panzer IV
816:Panzer II
523:Ferdinand
428:generator
354:Ferdinand
239:, was a
233:Tiger (P)
175:Secondary
104:long tons
1405:Panzer X
1271:Springer
1082:Maultier
1019:Marder I
976:Brummbär
956:StuG III
851:Tiger II
811:Panzer I
544:StuG III
481:Variants
358:Pak 43/2
314:gasoline
280:Henschel
257:Henschel
177:armament
165:armament
98:60
1266:Goliath
1243:Ostwind
1044:Elefant
1039:Nashorn
966:StuH 42
961:StuG IV
846:Tiger I
841:Panther
444:gearbox
395:Elefant
365:Elefant
339:Tiger I
329:of the
284:Porsche
265:Elefant
261:Tiger I
249:Germany
245:Porsche
69:Porsche
1170:Kfz 13
1054:Hetzer
1014:35R(f)
903:Hummel
898:Grille
753:
734:
715:
601:
462:and a
404:bogies
378:Design
331:U-boat
186:Engine
131:Height
115:Length
883:Wespe
878:Bufla
803:Tanks
575:1943.
474:Krupp
467:MG 34
296:Krupp
207:range
153:Armor
123:Width
106:; 66
1395:Löwe
1195:ADGZ
751:ISBN
732:ISBN
713:ISBN
690:2011
652:2011
631:2011
599:ISBN
410:The
307:V-10
282:and
227:The
163:Main
139:Crew
102:(59
95:Mass
42:Type
1152:sWS
1147:254
1142:253
1137:252
1132:251
1127:250
1029:III
247:in
235:or
76:No.
1487::
1122:11
1117:10
1024:II
998:,
660:^
432:PS
360:.
1320:)
1316:(
1112:9
1107:8
1102:7
1097:6
1092:4
1002:)
994:(
787:e
780:t
773:v
759:.
740:.
721:.
692:.
654:.
633:.
607:.
142:5
110:)
100:t
20:)
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