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Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P
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Rank
AB
5.7
RB
5.7
SB
5.7
Battle rating
Germany
Game nation
Heavy tank
Main role
6,090
GE
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Premium vehicle
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General information

In May 1941, the Wehrmacht approached Henschel and Porsche to submit a design for a new heavy tank with a minimum weight of 45 tons and capable of mounting the 88 mm KwK L/56 cannon. The Porsche company chose to adapt the preexisting VK 30.01 prototype heavy tank design into the improved design, designated VK 45.01 (P). Like most of the Porsche-designed tanks, the VK 45.01 (P) features an electric transmission that allows the tank to travel in forward and reverse at the same speed. Porsche is so confident in the design that they preemptively produced 10 tanks and 90 chassis in anticipation that the design would be accepted for production. However, the Henschel design, later known as the Tiger I, was accepted instead. This is partly due to the Porsche design requiring a significant amount of copper for its drive system, a rare resource which the Wehrmacht chose to ration for other production.

Nevertheless, to not waste the already produced hull, the Wehrmacht ordered Porsche to convert 90 of the hulls into the Ferdinand tank destroyer, while one of the VK 45.01 (P) was kept and converted into a command vehicle for the new Ferdinands. Designated the Panzerbefehlswagen VI Ausf. P, or informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, the Porsche Tiger's hull was up-armored with the same reinforced armor kit as the Ferdinand. The sole Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P were assigned to the Panzerjäger Abteilung 653 in April 1944 and served until it was lost in action on July 1944.

Introduced in Update 1.45 "Steel Generals", the Pz.Bef.Wg.VI P is an up-armored version of the Porsche Tiger (VK 45.01 (P)), featuring a thick 100 mm armor plate welded onto its frontal hull. This add-on armor significantly weighted down the tank and reduced the top speed to around 30 km/h. However, thanks to its electric transmission, the Porsche Tiger is capable of reaching high reverse speeds. This allows the Porsche Tiger to retreat or re-position quickly and react to the incoming fire better. Compared to the base (Henschel) Tiger I, the Porsche Tiger leans more towards the traditional heavy tank role, capable of taking hits and pushing forward when needed.

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Survivability and armour
Armour front / side / back
Hull 204 / 82 / 82 mm
Turret 120 / 82 / 82 mm
Visibility 107 %
Crew 5 persons
Mobility
Max speed
Forward 3133 km/h
Backward 2931 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 10.49.216.613.5 hp/t
Engine power 625553993807 hp
Weight 60 t
Optics
Gunner
Commander
Driver
Optics zoom
1.9x–3.5x
Armaments
88 mm KwK36 cannon
Ammunition 80 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
9.6 → 7.4 s
Vertical guidance -8 / 16°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Horizontal 5.24.58.46.17.56.4128.7 °/s
Vertical 2.82.27.34.743.210.46.7 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
APCBC165162151139127117
HE181817151413
APCBC153151140128116106
HEAT110110110110110110
APCR211207191172155140
7.92 mm MG34 machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition 1,800 rounds
Belt capacity 150 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 900 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
AP/AP/AP-T13127320
Economy
Repair cost
AB 2,607 SL
RB 2,786 SL
SB 3,891 SL
Crew training 10,000 SL
Experts 340,000 SL
Aces 890 GE
Research Aces 1,140,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
2 x (125 / 190 / 215) % SL
2 x 178 % RP
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