La Gleize was known as the cauldron to the men of Kampfgruppe Peiper who fought here in late December 1944 during the Battle ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses ...

Unlike the megalomaniacal 200-ton German Maus, which couldn’t even roll over many European bridges, the King Tiger was a viable design. Late war Germans tanks like the Tiger and Panther had a ...

FULL — A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany’s 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable King Tiger left ...

some of the most dangerous Axis tanks of WWII. The Allies called the Tiger II "Royal Tiger" and "King Tiger," and both Tigers were deadly machines of war. But they suffered from a variety of ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE world's only running King Tiger tank is set to visit The Tank Museum for Tankfest. The rare Second World War tank will be at the event ...

FULL, Switzerland, March 31 (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the ...

Regardless, this tank did enough damage throughout World War II to earn itself a legendary title. The Tiger II, commonly known as the Tiger King, was the most powerful tank of 1944. It blew past ...

You need to help secure a bridge to help get Allied armor across the river. You'll have the use of a King Tiger tank in this mission, but you'll need to protect the specially-trained OSS crew.