Engine
Panther
Panthers were powered by a Maybach HL 210 P30-V12 Petrol
engine the Panther tanks were not underpowered with a powerful engine and a
lighter armor the Panther can go speeds up to 55km/h or 34mph, with a fuel capacity of 720
liters the Panther’s operational ranges is 200km on road and 100km on cross
country.
Tiger
The Tiger 1 was powered by a Maybach HL230 P45 V-12 700ps the engine that can generate power up to 690hp or 515kw, the Tiger is underpowered
and can only go speed up to 45.5km on-road, 40km on the sustained road, and 20-25km
on cross country. With a fuel capacity of 540 liters, the Tiger 1’s operational
range is 195km on road and 110km on cross country.
Winner
Both Tiger and Panther
The Tiger 1 is better when it comes to armor and firepower, and
the Panther is better when it comes to mobility and flanking. Well, both of
them earned the reputation as the machines feared by the allies, they combined
lethal firepower but not on the armor. The Tiger 1’s turret traverses more
quickly than the panther, but the Panther can go faster than the Tiger. During
the war, both of them fight together to form a powerful group, but during the
war, there were no Panther aces, unlike the Tiger.
What made the Tiger 1 so feared is that it is armed with the
powerful 88mm and had an armor thickness up to 100mm thick, while the Panther
had only 80mm thick but it was angled up to 55 degrees to deflect shells. The
Tiger was the first to be built than the Panther; both of them were designed
initially for one thing.
To counter and destroy the soviet T34s and KV1s, when the
Tiger and Panther were deployed to the Russian front, the Russians were shocked
and immediately ordered to improve the T34 and KV1. The Tiger 1 was improved
and that was the result of his brother Tiger II King Tiger, there were plans about
building a new Panther called the Panther II but it was too late, the German army was defeated.
But what if the Tiger I and the Panther were massed produced
despite their problems and build strength like Stalin did, could the
Germans win the war and control the entire world? Absolutely no! Germany was
hungry for resources at that time because of the allied bombing, and Hitler
would dismiss that idea as well as the other officers. But actually, we don’t
know the answer, well who knows when Hitler approves that idea.
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