The Tiger II was a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. It was also known informally as the Königstiger. Contemporaneous Allied soldiers often called it the King Tiger or Royal Tiger.
The angular front of the "production turret" designed by Krupp (erroneously called "Henschel turret").
