German heavy tank battalion
Battalion-sized World War II tank unit of the German Army / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
German schwere Panzabteilung 1943 — s PzAbt — | |
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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 |
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]