Tiger heavy tank. The fatal weapon of the Reich

"Tiger", "Tiger", "Tigris" is a word pronounced in Russian, English, Polish, French in the armies of anti -Hitler coalitions, forced the hearts of soldiers, if not from fear, then from a feeling of mortal danger. The invulnerable steel glimmer, spewing the fire, seemed to be the way of death.
created by the "gloomy German genius", this, without any doubt, the most formidable German tank of World War II was a perfect model of military equipment. And if the other two most famous tanks of those years - the T -34 and “Sherman " - are largely owed their fame to giant production volumes, then the“ tiger ” - exclusively outstanding combat qualities.
The book of Mikhail Baryatinsky, one of the leading specialists in the history of armored vehicles, is a detailed story about the development, construction and combat use of the Tiger tank, which became a serious opponent of Soviet tankers during the Great Patriotic War