The Jagdtiger was the largest production vehicle fielded in the Second World War. Being so large and heavy it had great armor protection, but it limited the bridges it could use and it needed a large and powerful engine and transmission. The technical history explains the compromises that are needed when making such huge and powerful weapons during wartime with limited production facilities.
My book collection is very large and this book showed me many new bits of information on this interesting weapons system. Now that the Soviet Union has fallen and Russia has opened many of their archives, and Germany is united more of their information is also available to researchers. If you have those books about German tanks that are thirty years old then it is time for an upgrade, there is so much more information and photos out there than we ever had before. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in armor development.
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