FULL, Switzerland - 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 ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses, like heavy ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks were deadly but could break down and weren’t as reliable or easy to mass produce as other tanks. Nazi Germany’s Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its ...

The Allied invasion of Europe in June of 1944 saw troops embark on a campaign aimed at the very heart of Germany. The dense hedgerows of Normandy took longer to fight through than expected. Still, by ...

A UK museum has launched a £1 million plan to restore one of the Second World War's most terrifying German tanks - and get our formidable foe running again. One of WWII's heaviest tanks, the 68-tonne ...

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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. By ...

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 hopes it will become the second driveable ...