Additional Information
it is Officially believed that the work on the tanks of the design series VK 4501 began in may 1941. Prototypes had to be handed over by April 20, 1942 (that is, the birthday of the Fuhrer), so the specialists of both companies were in a hurry when handing over the working drawings. Because of certainty with 88-mm tank cannon was still firm Henschel left the option with the 75-mm long-barreled gun, which was quite logical. Accordingly, the first variant was designated VK 4501(H1), and the second – VK 4501(H2). So what were these machines?
As mentioned earlier, the prototype of the heavy tank VK 3601(H) was taken as a basis, which has not yet even entered the sea trials. Led the design of both machines head of advanced development Erwin Aders, who was faced with a number of quite trivial tasks. A large mass of tanks clearly said that the problems with mobility will necessarily be, so the German engineers did not one, but two "horse moves". First of all, for VK 4501(H) was developed housing, whose coefficient of the length of the support surface to the gauge width (L/B) was 1.26. For example, the British infantry tank "Matilda II" the same ratio was 1.72, and for the Soviet is-2 – 1.78, so that the turnability of the future "tiger" was originally planned at the highest level.
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