Thanks for reading and coments. This is the story about "Tiger". The layout of the "Tigris" was classical German version with the front arrangement of transmission. This layout, because of the association of the departments of control and transmission, made it possible to lead for the fighting compartment the part of the housing, greater than with the stern arrangement of transmission. The latter fact was for the German designers, who were always attempting themselves to ensure the high efficiency of the application of armament, very important.
To dwell in arsenal of the "Tigris" there is no need. The high combat effectiveness 88- mm of gun KwK 36 is well-known. In this connection one should emphasize that to the excellent qualities strictly of instrument itself entirely corresponded the quality of sight. Excellent optics made possible for German spotters to attain entry into the tanks of enemy on the distances to 4000 m! The complex of the characteristics 88- mm of gun - mass and overall sizes, armor-piercing ability of projectiles, rate of fire - makes it possible to assert that in 1942 the Germans made a correct selection, after ensuring to its heavy tank superiority on the armament over the tanks of enemy to the prospect. That, to what extent influences the combat effectiveness of tank the correct selection of gun and mounting, it is possible to judge based on the following hypothetical example. Let us visualize the following situation: the duel between the "Tigris" and IS -2 under the ideal (flat locality, distance to 1000 m) and equal (quality of sights, the level of training spotters, complete fire unit, gun with the wedge breechblock) conditions. In this case let us place the 50-percent kill probability by the first shot and will agree, that both tanks will give oversight (in the case of entry and to speak not about which), but compulsorily they must fall by the second projectile, which in the real life frequently and was. However, what does occur further?
Loading ISa beret from the ammunition stowage, located in the stern niche of tower, 25- kg projectile pack him into the stem, then by rammer it sends the remainder it forward so that the driving band it is solid (with the ringing, as said in the "management") it were wedged in the beginning of the threads of bore. Experienced ammunition loader sends the remainder projectile by hand, which accelerates process. Then the loading beret 15- kg case with the charge from the right wall of the tower (we agreed, that the fire unit complete, and means, after the first shot in the tower still it remained one case with the charge, after the following it is necessary "to dive" downward, since the remaining cases are located in the housing Of iSa), it packs it into the stem and sends the remainder. In this case the lock is shut automatically. Ammunition loader reports - "it is prepared", the tank commander pronounces - "fire", and the spotter, who in the time of loading had time to correct sight, it presses on the descent and is fired a shot itself. However, feet! The minimum of 20 seconds will leave with all our conditions in most trained ammunition loader to increasingly above aforesaid, and it means, however it is sour this to recognize, it will not have time to finish the process of loading, therefore- that on eighth second into the tower Of iSa will fly 88- mm German projectile, but on the 16th - the second! Thus, with the first oversight the "Tigris" with the speed of its gun 6-8 shots/min left IS -2 not of one chance to the second shot. Even if our tanks there were two, then the "Tigris", after striking first IS, would manage to give the first shot on the second for 4 seconds of earlier than the reciprocal. As a result it turns out that for the guaranteed defeat of one "Tigris" by the second shot it is necessary to have three tanks IS -2. Thus, strictly, and it was. In the majority of the cases independently of the type of the tank (T -34-85, for example, it did not be inferior on the rate of fire of gun, but it still should it was approach to the distance of effective, from the point of view of armor-piercing ability, shot) the victory above the "Tigris" gained with the numerical superiority. And our tankers, and union attempted more rapidly to draw together with the "Tigris" in order to make even chances. Thus, strictly, and perished Wittman: Canadian (or Polish)"Shermans" drew together with it and shot almost into the support. But Germans, on the contrary, tried to conduct fire fight on the large distances, entirely using merits of its armament. On the small distances of battle the "Tigris" lost its major advantages in the armament and the armor protection. Intensively it could not maneuver.
Thanks for reading and coments. This is the story about "Tiger". The layout of the "Tigris" was classical German version with the front arrangement of transmission. This layout, because of the association of the departments of control and transmission, made it possible to lead for the fighting compartment the part of the housing, greater than with the stern arrangement of transmission. The latter fact was for the German designers, who were always attempting themselves to ensure the high efficiency of the application of armament, very important.
To dwell in arsenal of the "Tigris" there is no need. The high combat effectiveness 88- mm of gun KwK 36 is well-known. In this connection one should emphasize that to the excellent qualities strictly of instrument itself entirely corresponded the quality of sight. Excellent optics made possible for German spotters to attain entry into the tanks of enemy on the distances to 4000 m! The complex of the characteristics 88- mm of gun - mass and overall sizes, armor-piercing ability of projectiles, rate of fire - makes it possible to assert that in 1942 the Germans made a correct selection, after ensuring to its heavy tank superiority on the armament over the tanks of enemy to the prospect. That, to what extent influences the combat effectiveness of tank the correct selection of gun and mounting, it is possible to judge based on the following hypothetical example. Let us visualize the following situation: the duel between the "Tigris" and IS -2 under the ideal (flat locality, distance to 1000 m) and equal (quality of sights, the level of training spotters, complete fire unit, gun with the wedge breechblock) conditions. In this case let us place the 50-percent kill probability by the first shot and will agree, that both tanks will give oversight (in the case of entry and to speak not about which), but compulsorily they must fall by the second projectile, which in the real life frequently and was. However, what does occur further?
Loading ISa beret from the ammunition stowage, located in the stern niche of tower, 25- kg projectile pack him into the stem, then by rammer it sends the remainder it forward so that the driving band it is solid (with the ringing, as said in the "management") it were wedged in the beginning of the threads of bore. Experienced ammunition loader sends the remainder projectile by hand, which accelerates process. Then the loading beret 15- kg case with the charge from the right wall of the tower (we agreed, that the fire unit complete, and means, after the first shot in the tower still it remained one case with the charge, after the following it is necessary "to dive" downward, since the remaining cases are located in the housing Of iSa), it packs it into the stem and sends the remainder. In this case the lock is shut automatically. Ammunition loader reports - "it is prepared", the tank commander pronounces - "fire", and the spotter, who in the time of loading had time to correct sight, it presses on the descent and is fired a shot itself. However, feet! The minimum of 20 seconds will leave with all our conditions in most trained ammunition loader to increasingly above aforesaid, and it means, however it is sour this to recognize, it will not have time to finish the process of loading, therefore- that on eighth second into the tower Of iSa will fly 88- mm German projectile, but on the 16th - the second! Thus, with the first oversight the "Tigris" with the speed of its gun 6-8 shots/min left IS -2 not of one chance to the second shot. Even if our tanks there were two, then the "Tigris", after striking first IS, would manage to give the first shot on the second for 4 seconds of earlier than the reciprocal. As a result it turns out that for the guaranteed defeat of one "Tigris" by the second shot it is necessary to have three tanks IS -2. Thus, strictly, and it was. In the majority of the cases independently of the type of the tank (T -34-85, for example, it did not be inferior on the rate of fire of gun, but it still should it was approach to the distance of effective, from the point of view of armor-piercing ability, shot) the victory above the "Tigris" gained with the numerical superiority. And our tankers, and union attempted more rapidly to draw together with the "Tigris" in order to make even chances. Thus, strictly, and perished Wittman: Canadian (or Polish)"Shermans" drew together with it and shot almost into the support. But Germans, on the contrary, tried to conduct fire fight on the large distances, entirely using merits of its armament. On the small distances of battle the "Tigris" lost its major advantages in the armament and the armor protection. Intensively it could not maneuver.