Proper bridges were no problem for the Tiger, but smaller bridges could be a problem if the river banks were too steep for them to be forded with snorkel.
The next heaviest allied tank was 46 tons. Or there could have been a bridge.Īll the tanks that didn’t break (or run out of fuel) got stopped by the first bridge they came to. Most of the time during the Battle of the Bulge, the ever-thirsty King Tigers were either stuck in traffic on the narrow winding roads or desperately looking for American petrol dumps that hadn’t been blown up before they got there. The tank in the photo is Tiger II number 312, of the 3rd company 501 SS schwere Panzer Abteilung and 82nd Airborne Division troops. Photo was taken near the village of Corenne, Belgium, 1944.
Two American soldiers inspect a destroyed German King Tiger tank and at the same time admire the three beautiful passing girls.
Two American soldiers inspect a destroyed German King Tiger tank, Belgium, 1944.
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