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'''Pros:'''
 
'''Pros:'''
  
* Considerably quicker than the in-tree variant, acceleration is noticeably much more efficient because of its diesel engine
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* Astounding frontal armor. Upper front plate is virtually impervious to anything but APDS and HEAT.
* Astounding frontal armour when angled, however turret cheeks around the mantlet are where people with typically aim for first
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* Enemy shells that penetrate the lower plate will likely have all of its damage absorbed by the transmission.
* Great turret traverse for its size at around 14 degrees per second
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* Same small turret Tiger II H, but has 20mm of track armor covering the entirety of the turret sides.
* Reasonably efficient reload speed with an aced crew
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* Turret front is a small target, and the gun mantlet is both large and utterly impenetrable.
* 88mm gun KwK/43 is one of the best at its rank, with the capability of one-shotting most opponents if the shell penetrates
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* With a high rate of fire, high penetration, high accuracy, and decent TNT filler, the 88mm gun KwK/43 is arguably the best gun at rank IV.
* Guns penetration is great for the rank, not many targets can efficiently bounce or absorb its shot
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* Has a 22 round first stage ammo rack, giving this tank a very good rate of fire.
* APCBC gets a decent amount of explosive filler
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* Armed with 12 round, semi-automatic smoke grenade launcher.
* 12 smoke grenades can be launched individually from the top of the turret by the gunner
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* Thanks to it's diesel engine, this tank has better acceleration and hill climbing speed than the standard Tiger II H.
* Fast neutral traverse, good traverse rate in general
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* This is a very fast, and highly maneuverable heavy tank.
* Pintle-mounted extra MG 34, good for dealing with open topped or lightly armoured vehicles, and occasionally aircraft
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* Unlike any of the other Tiger II's, has a roof mounted MG 34.
  
 
'''Cons:'''
 
'''Cons:'''
  
* The ready rack forces ammunition to be placed in the rear of the turret, making it an easy target for flankers to instantly destroy the Tiger.
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* While being a small target, the turret front is still lightly armored.
* Susceptible to being flanked
 
* Frontal armour considerably easy to go through with HEAT-FS shells found on most tanks in the matchmaking
 
 
* Will have to face vehicles such as the [[IS-6]] and [[T-54 (1947)|T-54]] in an uptier, both of which can reliably withstand a shot to the turret or hull frontally.
 
* Will have to face vehicles such as the [[IS-6]] and [[T-54 (1947)|T-54]] in an uptier, both of which can reliably withstand a shot to the turret or hull frontally.
 
* Shells are lacking against the armour of American counterparts, APCR rarely helps in these encounters
 
* Shells are lacking against the armour of American counterparts, APCR rarely helps in these encounters
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Tiger II (H) Sla.16
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Tiger II (H) Sla.16
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Description

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The Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B (H) mit Simmering Sla.16 is a premium rank IV German heavy tank with a battle rating of 7.0 (AB) and 6.7 (RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.57 "Battle March". As a purchasable bundle vehicle, this variant comes with premium bonuses and the experimental installation of a diesel power engine, increasing its mobility vastly. But the vehicle functions near identically to the in-tree regular varient. It fits into the 6.7 lineup very well, and can be utilised greatly in battle because of it's enhanced combat capabilities.

General info

Survivability and armour

Describe armour protection. Note the most well protected and key weak areas. Appreciate the layout of modules as well as the number and location of crew members. Is the level of armour protection sufficient, is the placement of modules helpful for survival in combat?

If necessary use a visual template to indicate the most secure and weak zones of the armour.

Mobility

Game Mode Mobility characteristics Engine power (horsepower) Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Max Speed Weight AoA Weight Stock Upgraded Stock Upgraded
Arcade 44 68.2 N/A 968 ____ 14.19 __.__
Realistic 42 663 ____ 9.72 __.__

The top speed on road forwards is around 42-44 km/h, and the reverse speed is surprisingly good at -11 km/h (RB). These speeds combined with neutral steering mean the Tiger II (H) Sla.16 is quite agile despite its heavy tank status. The engine has a lot of horsepower, and climbing hills is surprisingly easy with this variant of the famed King Tiger.

Armaments

Main armament

The main gun this Panzer beholds is the KwK/43 88mm long-barreled gun. This gun performs astoundingly well for this BR, offering high muzzle velocity with more than enough post-penetrational damage. The muzzle velocity of this gun sits at around 1000m/s for APCBC and 1400m/s for the APCR round, and also has HEAT shells, making it an exceptional sniper and brawler alike. The APCBC stock shell gets a fair amount of explosive filler with a wide one-shot capability upon penetration. This shell exceeds in ammo-racking enemy tanks, so aim for ammo stowage on the enemy vehicle. The APCR should only really be used for engagements on enemies you cannot punch through with APCBC alone, since it offer significantly higher penetration at the expense of post-pen damage, making it a very situational round. The same can be applied to the HEAT shell for long-range, as penetration dropoff does not matter on angled armour layouts, but instead offers poorer penetration values.

Machine guns

This tank, unlike the standard version, receives an additional top mount MG34 7.62mm machine gun located atop the commanders cupola with a wide arc of fire, designed for anti-aircraft purposes. However, this extra gun proves inadequate at efficiently dealing damage to aircraft and so should be used more prominently as a spotting tool or a light armour remedy.

Usage in battles

Considering most of the players which use this vehicle will be using it in RB/SB, this section will cater to them. This vehicle can be used as a brawler and a sniper equally. With its potent gun and reliable armour layout, this tank can take a fair few shots before expiring. Try not to let your flanks become exposed if playing in urban maps. On open maps, you should stick to towns or hills and remain hull down to utilize your thick turret cheeks well. Aim for noticeable weak spots on enemies, ie. lower glacis shots or ammo rack shots will more often than not result in a reliable way to destroy them. The gun has a solid rate of fire, not too slow, so you can follow up with a return shot fairly quickly. You will adapt over time and learn where the weak spots of most opposing vehicles. At times, this tank will act more as a support tank when considering the typical opponents will more than likely have stabilizers and sufficient suspension dampening, putting you at a disadvantage if you can't train your gun onto the target first. American heavy tanks such as the T29, T34, T32 and M103 will sometimes give you trouble. The trick to dealing with these tough, heavily armored foes is to aim for the lower glacis. When engaging these vehicles, if you are not confident in being able to penetrate on your first shot, try and shoot the gun barrel to prevent your foes from firing back at you.

Pros and cons

Pros:

  • Astounding frontal armor. Upper front plate is virtually impervious to anything but APDS and HEAT.
  • Enemy shells that penetrate the lower plate will likely have all of its damage absorbed by the transmission.
  • Same small turret Tiger II H, but has 20mm of track armor covering the entirety of the turret sides.
  • Turret front is a small target, and the gun mantlet is both large and utterly impenetrable.
  • With a high rate of fire, high penetration, high accuracy, and decent TNT filler, the 88mm gun KwK/43 is arguably the best gun at rank IV.
  • Has a 22 round first stage ammo rack, giving this tank a very good rate of fire.
  • Armed with 12 round, semi-automatic smoke grenade launcher.
  • Thanks to it's diesel engine, this tank has better acceleration and hill climbing speed than the standard Tiger II H.
  • This is a very fast, and highly maneuverable heavy tank.
  • Unlike any of the other Tiger II's, has a roof mounted MG 34.

Cons:

  • While being a small target, the turret front is still lightly armored.
  • Will have to face vehicles such as the IS-6 and T-54 in an uptier, both of which can reliably withstand a shot to the turret or hull frontally.
  • Shells are lacking against the armour of American counterparts, APCR rarely helps in these encounters
  • Frequently faces higher-ranked enemies which the Tiger II struggles against
  • Still arguably slow comparing it to other contemporary vehicles

History

The Sla.16 diesel engine developed by Simmering-Graz-Pauker from Vienna. With a power output of around 750 hp, it was considerably more powerful than Maybach engine used by the Tiger I, Tiger II, and Panther tanks that had 690 hp. The Sla.16 was also proposed as the power unit for the infamous super-heavy Maus tank. According to various of sources such as Military Engineer and Amazing Porsche and Volkswagen Story, the engines were tested with positive results. The recommendation was that these diesel engines were to be attached to the heavy tanks and tank destroyers currently in production for increased efficiency of the vehicles. A diesel engine was mounted onto a Tiger II as a prototype built by Nibelungen Werke and went through testings, though results has not been found from this test. Further proposals also wanted the engine to be mounted in the Panther and Jagdtiger vehicles for increased power, but the war's constraint on supplies and Nazi Germany's capitulation resulted in the cancellation of these programs.

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See also

External links


Germany heavy tanks
Tiger 1 (Henschel)  Tiger H1 · Tiger E · ␠Tiger
Tiger 1 (Porsche)  VK 45.01 (P) · Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P
Tiger 2  Tiger II (P) · Tiger II (H) · Tiger II (H) Sla.16 · Tiger II (10.5 cm Kw.K)
Super heavy tanks  Maus · E-100
Trophies 
Great Britain  ▀Pz.Kpfw. Churchill
USSR  ▀KV-IB · ▀KW I C 756 (r) · ▀KW II 754 (r)

Germany premium ground vehicles
Light tanks  Pz.II C (DAK) · Pz.Sfl.Ic · Pz.Sp.Wg.P204(f) KwK · Sd.Kfz. 140/1 · Sd.Kfz.234/1 · Ru 251 · SPz 12-3 LGS · TAM 2IP
Medium tanks  Nb.Fz. · Pz.III N · Pz.Bef.Wg.IV J · ▀M4 748 (a) · ▀T 34 747 (r) · Ersatz M10
  mKPz M47 G · Turm III · Leopard A1A1 (L/44) · Leopard 2 (PzBtl 123)
Heavy tanks  ▀Pz.Kpfw. Churchill · ▀KV-IB · ▀KW I C 756 (r) · ▀KW II 754 (r)
  VK 45.01 (P) · ␠Tiger · Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P · Tiger II (H) Sla.16
Tank destroyers  Sd.Kfz.234/3 · Sd.Kfz.234/4 · Sd.Kfz.251/10 · Sd.Kfz.251/22 · 15 cm Pz.W.42
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