• vettnerk@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Correct me if I am wrong, but I was under impression that Porche lost the bid to build Tigers, though? And all the chassis they built for it were instead used for the Ferdinand.

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      11 months ago

      Nah wiki says your right. A company called Henschel made the tiger. Krupp helped with the tiger 2. Porsche was barley involved. I didn’t even know he competed for the contract, I thought he just coined the name.

      • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        Because they were prohibitively expensive in materials to make. They were diesel electric. Like modern trains. But all the copper needed made them unfeasible.