Tiger I german tanks: Soviet soldiers and Red Army officers posing near the wreckage of the corps of the German heavy tank Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger I.
In the background are the wreckage of Wehrmacht military equipment – Pz.Kpfw tanks. III and PzKpfw. IV.
Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. H1, Tiger I is a German heavy tank from World War II, the prototype of which was the VK4501 (H), developed in 1942 by Henschel under the direction of Erwin Aders. Along with the prototype of the Henschel firm, the Reich leadership was presented with the Ferdinand Porsche project – VK4501 (P), but the military commission chose the Henschel option, although Adolf Hitler favored the Porsche product.