If well supported by infantry such as Grenadier Squads & Stormtrooper Squads, the Tiger can dominate the battlefield with its superior firepower and armor protection. Most Axis Commanders intend to use it as a spearhead, storming into the battlefield and crushing any resistance, both man and machine. The Tiger can be an excellent heavy support vehicle for infantry and tanks, providing fearsome anti-infantry, anti-tank and anti-fortification fire. Tanks like the M4 Sherman, Cromwell Tank and M10 Tank Destroyer stand little chance against the superior armed and armored tank (unless used in conjunction with infantry or in numbers) making it a pretty nasty vehicle to deal with, even if operating alone. Any conventional AT weapon will have a hard time knocking out the heavily armored Tiger (unless used in large numbers), due to the fact that even though some weapons outside of the M1 57mm and the Pershing's 90mm gun can penetrate, they do so sparingly and will usually bounce off its front armour. The 88mm main gun easily penetrates nearly all Allied tank armor, dealing fairly heavy damage: The only tank that can withstand its gun is the Allies M26 Pershing. They unfortunately lack suppression though, lending to them having marginal effectiveness. It is decently fast (just as in real life), and armed with coaxial and hull-mounted MG34 light machine guns to counter infantry attack. It is only available with the Wehrmacht's Blitzkrieg Doctrine. With the addition of the Opposing Fronts expansion, this list spreads out to include the Firefly. It commands heavy armour with its only real threats being the M26 Pershing and the M1 57mm Anti Tank Gun. In-game, the Tiger is actually fairly accurately modelled: It's the alpha dog, with only a very few other tanks being slightly better than it. Legendary tank aces such as Michael Wittmann and Kurt Knispel were born in this tank. From the Eastern Front, to North Africa, to the Battle of Normandy, it was the spearhead of the German Army. The Tiger served extensively throughout the war as a battlefield superiority weapon and an armoured breakthrough vehicle. It's incredibly thick armour was virtually invincible to all known anti-tank weapons at the time - even from the sides and the rear - and it's infamous '88' KwK36 gun was capable of engaging and destroying virtually all targets at ranges well in excess of 2km - there were recorded kills at 4km. It completely outclassed all existing tanks in the world at the time of its introduction.

Conceived as a result of the heavily armoured Soviet tanks encountered on the Eastern Front, Such as the T-34/76. E, usually just known by its nickname 'Tiger', was one of the most powerful tanks to see action during World War II.

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