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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' were a Swedish owned Tiger II P which were acquired from the French in late 1947, the year before Sweden were looking into buying German tanks for evaluation and trials for research purposes.  In early October 1946 Sweden sent a military delegation to France to pick out from the surplus of German equipment that was in Versaille for scrapping. After some negotiations Sweden were allowed to pick out three examples for free which led to Sweden requesting a King Tiger of the highest quality they could find. The Swedish delegation was brought to Normandy to search for a King Tiger in acceptable condition, they were shown an exmaple, which was in poor condition and had been burnt out this made the Swedish military delegation deem it unsuitable for transportation to Sweden. Sweden who still wanted to acquire a King Tiger so the day after by courtesy of the French they promised to find a vehicle that were in conditions that were in a better condition than what had been shown, it wouldn’t be until August 1947 that the delegation got news of a good condition King Tiger were found south of Paris. It wouldn’t be until late november that the King Tiger would arrive in Stockholm, and then sent onwards to P 4 in Skövde where it would arrive in December same year where it would get evaluated and then sent onwards for trials.
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The '''{{Specs|name}}''' is a premium gift rank {{Specs|rank}} Swedish heavy tank {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced during [[Update "Alpha Strike"]] as a reward for [[Battle Pass: Season XV, "Northern King"]].
 
 
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a premium gift tank that was introduced during [[Update "Alpha Strike"]] as a reward for [[Battle Pass: Season XV, "Northern King"]]. Similar to the German [[Tiger II (P)]] the Swedish tree got an heavy tank that most players are familiar both with playing and facing. The long [[KwK43 (88 mm)|88mm KwK43]] giving it the ability to engage targets and neutralise targets at distance, with powerful penetration capabilities it will have little to no issues dealing with most hostile vehicle except heavy armoured vehicles like [[Maus]] and [[T95]] or angled armoured heavy tanks like [[IS-4M]] might give the {{PAGENAME}} some issues. But similar to the [[Tiger II (P)]] the {{PAGENAME}} have great hull armour but share same weak spots due to the early production turret where the cheeks are giving a simple area for enemies to go through with most shells with more than 100mm penetration, to counter this {{PAGENAME}} are probably best to be used in long range engagement where it's more difficult to get a proper aim on the turret cheeks. Overall {{PAGENAME}} is an excellent vehicle which bolsters the Swedish lines with a more armoured vehicle and packs a punch and also able to fill a role in a battle rating where Sweden were lacking vehicles. 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 22:42, 17 July 2024

RANK 5 FRANCE
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Kungstiger
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Kungstiger
AB RB SB
6.7 6.7 6.7
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Description

The Kungstiger is a premium gift rank IV Swedish heavy tank with a battle rating of 6.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during Update "Alpha Strike" as a reward for Battle Pass: Season XV, "Northern King".

General info

Survivability and armour

Smoke grenades
Creation of a smoke screen in front of the vehicle
Armourfront / side / back
Hull100 / 80 / 80
Turret100 / 80 / 80
Crew5 people
Visibility125 %

Armour type:

  • Rolled homogeneous armour
  • Cast homogeneous armour (Gun mantlet, Cupola, Turret front)
Armour Front (Slope angle) Sides (Slope angle) Rear (Slope angle) Roof
Hull 150 mm (50°) Front glacis

100 mm (50°) Lower glacis

80 mm (25-26°) Top

80 + 5 mm Bottom

80 mm (28°) 40 mm
Turret 100 mm (17-57°) Turret front

120 mm Gun mantlet

82 mm (28-29°) 80 mm (30°)

25 mm Turret underside

40 mm
Cupola 100 mm 100 mm 100 mm 40 mm
Notes:
  • Turret front armour is only 100 mm thick, but it is rounded, with varying angles (between 0-55°). Middle part is unangled and is the weakest part of the turret.
  • Turret has some major flaws, like a shot trap, and exposed, vulnerable turret ring (80-100 mm thick and no angle at all).
  • Commander's cupola on top of the turret is 100 mm thick, but quite well angled.
  • Lower glacis is only 100 mm thick, but it is not a weak spot (over 200 mm effective angled).
  • Machine gun port could be marked as close-range weak spot. Although most of it is still 150 mm thick, the angling is much worse. But targeting the turret is preferable.

Mobility

Speedforward / back
AB45 / 12 km/h
RB and SB42 / 12 km/h
Number of gears8 forward
4 back
Weight68.0 t
Engine power
AB1 336 hp
RB and SB700 hp
Power-to-weight ratio
AB19.6 hp/t
RB and SB10.3 hp/t

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Game Mode Max Speed (km/h) Weight (tons) Engine power (horsepower) Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Forward Reverse Stock Upgraded Stock Upgraded
Arcade 45 12 68 904 1,336 13.29 19.65
Realistic 42 12 619 700 9.1 10.29

Modifications and economy

Repair cost
AB2 778 Sl icon.png
RB2 842 Sl icon.png
SB3 902 Sl icon.png
Crew training10 000 Sl icon.png
Experts320 000 Sl icon.png
Aces800 Ge icon.png
Research Aces1 050 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
Talisman.png 2 × 130 / 180 / 210 % Sl icon.png
Talisman.png 2 × 172 / 172 / 172 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Mobility Protection Firepower
Mods new tank traks.png
Tracks
Mods new tank suspension.png
Suspension
Mods new tank break.png
Brake System
Mods new tank filter.png
Filters
Mods new tank transmission.png
Transmission
Mods new tank engine.png
Engine
Mods tank tool kit.png
Improved Parts
Mods extinguisher.png
Improved FPE
Mods tank reinforcement sw.png
Crew Replenishment
Mods new tank horizontal aiming.png
Horizontal Drive
Mods tank cannon.png
Adjustment of Fire
Mods new tank vertical aiming.png
Elevation Mechanism
Mods tank ammo.png
88mm_kwk_36_43_APCR_ammo_pack
Mods smoke screen.png
Smoke grenade

Armaments

Main armament

Ammunition70 rounds
First-order22 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
9.7 → 7.5 s
Vertical guidance-8° / 15°
Main article: KwK43 (88 mm)
88 mm KwK43 Turret rotation speed (°/s) Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode Capacity Vertical Horizontal Stabilizer Stock Upgraded Full Expert Aced Stock Full Expert Aced
Arcade 70 -8°/+15° ±180° - 15.4 21.3 25.8 28.6 30.4 9.75 8.63 7.95 7.50
Realistic 11.3 13.3 16.2 17.9 19.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
PzGr 39/43 APCBC 237 234 222 207 193 180
Sprgr.43 HE 19 19 17 16 14 14
PzGr 40/43 APCR 279 273 252 227 205 185
Shell details
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Velocity
(m/s)
Projectile
mass (kg)
Fuse delay
(m)
Fuse sensitivity
(mm)
Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
PzGr 39/43 APCBC 1,000 10.16 1.2 14 108.8 48° 63° 71°
Sprgr.43 HE 820 9.4 0.2 0.1 1,000 79° 80° 81°
PzGr 40/43 APCR 1,130 7.3 - - - 66° 70° 72°

Ammo racks

Full
ammo
1st
rack empty
2nd
rack empty
3rd
rack empty
4th
rack empty
5th
rack empty
6th
rack empty
Visual
discrepancy
70 65 (+5) 59 (+11) 48 (+22) 37 (+33) 30 (+40) 23 (+47) __

Notes:

  • Recommended ammo load is 23 to keep the hull empty and both ready racks full.
  • Ammo racks 7 and 8 are ready racks, and takes priority in being filled at the beginning of the battle, then fills 1 through 6 in that order.
  • Full reload speed will be realized as long as ammo exists in either ready rack. If both ready racks are empty, a penalty to reload speed will occur.
  • Simply not firing the main gun when it is loaded will load ammo from racks 1-6 into 8 then 7, as long as there is ammo in racks 1-6. Firing the main gun will interrupt the loading of the ready racks.
  • Thanks to the ready rack feature found on this tank, the first and second ammo racks found in the back of the turret will always be full of ammo, making it the prime target for enemy tankers who are looking to detonate your ammo rack. Even solid shots like APCR and APDS that commonly pierce your front turret can make their way to the rear of the turret, potentially hitting the ready rack and can cause a critical hit to become a deadly one.

Machine guns

Ammunition3 000 rounds
Belt capacity150 rounds
Reloadbasic crew → aces
10.4 → 8.0 s
Fire rate900 shots/min
Main article: MG34 (7.92 mm)
7.92 mm MG34
Mount Capacity (Belt) Fire rate Vertical Horizontal
Coaxial 3,000 (150) 900 - -

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Powerful cannon
  • Turret is highly sloped and can cause some shots to bounce
  • Adequate armour

Cons:

  • Weak armour protection on the turret
  • Big Target

History

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Media

Videos

See also

Related development

External links

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  • topic on the official game forum;
  • other literature.


Sweden heavy tanks
Germany  Kungstiger

Sweden premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  ▄T-26E · Strv m/39 · Pbil m/40 · Strv m/41 S-I · CV9035DK · CV 90105
Medium tanks  Sherman III/IV · Strv 81 (RB 52) · Strv 103-0 · Leopard 1A5NO2 · Christian II
Heavy tanks  Kungstiger
Tank destroyers  Ikv 73 · SAV 20.12.48 · VIDAR