TANKFEST 2025 is only a few days away, and the most anticipated guest at this year’s event has arrived at the Tank Museum.

The turret of a German World War II Tiger II "King Tiger" tank is seen during restoration works at the Swiss Military Museum Full in Full, Switzerland March 22, 2021.

The King Tiger (Königstiger) was one of the most powerful tanks of World War II, combining thick armor and a deadly 88mm KwK 43 gun. But keeping one operational today is no easy task. In this ...

Photo by Arnd Wiegmann / REUTERS. Article content. ... The 68-tonne behemoth is one of only eight King Tiger tanks remaining from the roughly 490 built during the Second World War.

Ironically, the King Tiger’s most deadly predator wasn’t other tanks, but Royal Air Force Lancaster bombers. The German army ordered 1,500 Tiger IIs, but RAF raids on manufacturer Henschel’s ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Nazi Germany’s Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI—or Tiger I—soon ...

"So, our thanks go to our French colleagues – and event sponsors World of Tanks – for making it possible." The Tiger II or ‘King Tiger’, is a German WWII tank first used during the ...

A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable King Tiger left in the world.

FULL, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and ...