Pzkpfw VI Ausf. E (Wehrmacht)

Heavy tank. Reasonably maneuverable, powerful main gun allows it to annihilate tanks within range.

Overview
Although only 1,355 'Tigers' were produced, its combination of armour, mobility, and firepower were legendary. Utilising the powerful 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56, veteran crews could annihilate most Allied tanks with a single, accurate shot.

Armaments: 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56, Hull MG 34, Coaxial MG 34, *Pintle MG 42, Armour: 125 mm, Role: General purpose, Speed: 45 km/h.

Gameplay
(+ High Damage, + Thick Armour)

Abilities
Indomitable Load Panzergranate 40 Armour-piercing Composite Rigid Rounds Sprenggranate L/45 Tank Shock! Nahverteidigungswaffe Displace!
 * Requirement: Veterancy 1
 * Cost: 10 Munitions
 * Increases main gun accuracy. Timed ability.
 * Cost: 25 Munitions
 * Crew switches to armour-piercing composite rigid rounds, with increased penetration, but slightly less damage. Timed ability.
 * Cost: 20 Munitions
 * High-explosive round. Reduced penetration and damage, but significantly increased blast radius.
 * Forces a targeted suppressed enemy infantry squad to retreat.
 * Cost: 30 Munitions
 * Close-range anti-personnel grenade launcher. Fires four (4) rounds.
 * Cost: 5 Fuel
 * Increases movement but has a slight chance of incurring critical engine damage. Timed ability.

Upgrades
Motor Verbesserungen Panzer Offizier Schweres Maschinengewehr 42 Schnellnebelkerzen 39
 * Requirement: Veterancy 2
 * Cost: 50 Munitions
 * Replaces Displace! with Blitzkrieg Tactics.
 * Requirement: Veterancy 2
 * Cost: 30 Munitions
 * Warning: Upgrading Panzer Offizier locks out Schweres Maschinengewehr 42.
 * Improves accuracy and increases line-of-sight and detection radius.
 * Cost: 50 Munitions
 * Warning: Upgrading Schweres Maschinengewehr 42 locks out Panzer Offizier.
 * Tank is issued a pintle-mounted MG 42 for additional defence against infantry and aircraft.
 * Cost: 30 Munitions
 * Replaces Nahverteidigungswaffe. Tank is issued smoke dischargers, capable of releasing a smoke screen obscuring line-of-sight.