Tiger Armor Thickness

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

These Tiger I and Tiger II armor thickness diagrams were included in a confidential SHAEF intelligence publication on German tanks in October 1944:

PzKpfw “Tiger” – Model E Armour Arrangement
Pzkpfw Tiger I Armor Thickness and Arrangement - Panzer VI (Sdkfz 181)

PzKpfw “Tiger” – Model B Armour Thickness
Pzkpfw VI King Tiger II Armor Thickness
 

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4 Responses to Tiger Armor Thickness

  1. tiger armor says:
    October 7, 2010 at 10:18 am

    The Tiger I turret armor was actually 80mm armor plate, so 82 mm must be a measuring error or tolerance issue. The Tiger I roof plate was 25 mm and later increased to 40 mm.

  2. Ton says:
    February 7, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Great article. 🙂

  3. BMP says:
    September 9, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Thumbs up.

  4. David Byrden says:
    January 15, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    “82 mm must be a measuring error or tolerance issue”…
    It’s tolerance. The German specifications say 80mm, but the steel mill can’t be so precise. The Army inspector will accept it oversize but not undersize.

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