The Tiger Tank was the most formidable and feared ground weapon of World War II, designed specifically to outgun it's Russian counterparts and lead the way in a new Blitzkrieg. The first prototype was set to be ready for Hitler's birthday on April 20, 1942; the Henschel company produced the favored model, and by August that year the Tiger - or Panzerkampfwagen V1 Tiger Ausf.H - was in full production. This book takes us behind the scenes with this awesome machine, reviewing the full history, design, mechanics, specifications, and the mixed record of this machine. It provides a unique, close-up account of the how the Tiger operated, the armaments, where it succeeded and failed. Noted military writer Michael green fills a fascinating niche in the history of military technology, and the impact of technology on history itself. There is a huge thirst for books on the German military machine of World War II, and "Tiger Tanks at War" will satisfy that need admirably.