- 05 Jul 2010 03:51
#13436568
The hardness bit?
The Tiger used rolled homogeneous nickel-steel plate armor which had the highest level of hardness of any armor during world war 2. This allowed the Tiger to engage enemy tanks even on closer ranges without taking too much damage itself.
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/
Here's where much of that Nickel came from for the detailers among us.
During the first part of war Germany mostly used the nickel they got from France to build tanks etc. But in 1943 the nickel of Petsamo covered some 73% of the German use and in 1944 even up to 87%.
Between 1940-42 Petsamo delivered 2,900 tons of PURE nickel ( counted as pure while most of it was sent to Germany to be purified ) and 43-44 12,900 tons ( also turned into pure nickel figures ).
Here's where Petsamo is, north Finland.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... rtu_de.png
Some from Norway also.
20 % of high grade steel came from there, ( in fact the Knaben mine produced Molybdenum used to harder steel used on German tanks). Knaben - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Tiger used rolled homogeneous nickel-steel plate armor which had the highest level of hardness of any armor during world war 2. This allowed the Tiger to engage enemy tanks even on closer ranges without taking too much damage itself.
http://www.worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/
Here's where much of that Nickel came from for the detailers among us.
During the first part of war Germany mostly used the nickel they got from France to build tanks etc. But in 1943 the nickel of Petsamo covered some 73% of the German use and in 1944 even up to 87%.
Between 1940-42 Petsamo delivered 2,900 tons of PURE nickel ( counted as pure while most of it was sent to Germany to be purified ) and 43-44 12,900 tons ( also turned into pure nickel figures ).
Here's where Petsamo is, north Finland.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... rtu_de.png
Some from Norway also.
20 % of high grade steel came from there, ( in fact the Knaben mine produced Molybdenum used to harder steel used on German tanks). Knaben - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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