The wider Battle of Kursk - from 5 July to 23 August 1943 - was indeed a turning-point in World ... Tiger tank, clad in 12cm-thick (4.7-inch) armour, and the new mobile Ferdinand artillery gun ...

and 7.5 cm KwK 42 cannons found on the Tiger and the Panther—two of the most dangerous Axis tanks in World War II. Their guns could penetrate 179 mm of armor at 1,000 meters, making the M4 ...