King Tiger II, Bovington Museum
(they have the sign right...that's where the "fire exits" all right...)
Hey guys:
I apologize if I'm reinventing a thread...I searched but found no mention of this.
A PBEM partner and I were looking over the
King Tigers we just got in a team scenario and we noticed (not for the first time) that the
Tiger II, even carrying the monster late war 88 version "kwk 43 L whatever" (sorry....I used to know my armaments but old age and all) has a relatively short range on hard targets of 12.
If memory serves, the Tiger II was quite capable of taking out Allied tanks beyond 3 km.
It's good range, not complaining, but compared to the
Tiger I (16?), the
Leopards (16?), and even the venerable
Rhino/Nashorn (20?), and
many others, it get's a short range in the game with it's powerful 8.8 cm late war main gun.
I can see where Tank Destroyers
may get credit for longer range capability, but even the Tiger I has longer range on hard targets then the Tiger II.
I'm sure the designers had a reason for this...anyone know what it is?
Optics?
Ammunition?
Some other deficiency unique to the Tiger II?
Operator error (mine)?
Where are these Talonsoft boys?
Regards,
Dan