Battalion-sized World War II tank unit of the German Army
German schwere Panzabteilung 1943 — s PzAbt —
(US Army Map Symbol: Panzer Battalion)
Active
1943
Country
Germany
Branch
German Heer
Type
Panzer
Role
Armoured warfare
Size
Battalion, up to 45 tanks
Part of
Wehrmacht
Engagements
World War II
Military unit
A German heavy tank battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung", short: "s PzAbt") was a battalion-sized World War II tank unit of the German Army (1935–1945), equipped with Tiger I, and later Tiger II, heavy tanks. Originally intended to fight on the offensive during breakthrough operations, the German late-war realities required it to be used in a defensive posture by providing heavy fire support and counter-attacking enemy armored breakthroughs, often organised into ad hoc Kampfgruppen.
The German heavy tank battalions destroyed a total of 9,850 enemy tanks for the loss of only 1,715 of their own, a kill/loss ratio of 5.74. The 1,715 German losses also include non-combat tank write-offs.[1]
Tiger I in France.
^"Tiger Tank Battalions during WWII - p. 2". The Armor Site!. – citing http://www.alanhamby.com/tiger.html which itself cites Tigers in Combat I by Wolfgang Schneider, Tigers in Combat II by Wolfgang Schneider, Red Army Handbook by Steven Zaloga
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