The Tiger II's gun could penetrate up to about 200 mm of armor at close range. The M60A1's frontal armor had a relative thickness of about 250 mm, and was not overmatched by the Tiger II's gun. Thus, unless the M60A1 somehow managed to get itself into a very disadvantageous angle, the Tiger II could not have penetrated the M60A1's frontal armor. by Artie Bucco » 24 Jun 2004, 02:00. IIRC The churchill was the first Western tank to take out Tigers to knock out Tigers. 2 were destororyed on 2/27/43 by Churchills of the North Irish Horse. A few weeks later the Tiger that was renovated at Bovington was knocked out by Churchills. Tony Williams. The 68-tonne behemoth is one of only eight King Tiger tanks remaining from the roughly 490 built during the Second World War. “The Tiger is probably the most famous German tank from the war, but Tiger vs IS. I've had so many articles about IS-2s shooting up Tigers, it's only fair to do one on the other way around. This IS-2 was lost by the 72nd Independent Guards Heavy Tank Regiment on May 1st, in Khotymyr. Judging by the amount of impacts on its armour, it didn't give up without a fight. During the final battles on World War II's Western Front, the legendary German Tiger I heavy tank clashed with the brand-new M26 Pershing fielded by the United States. The Tiger I had earned a formidable reputation by the end of 1944, although its non-sloped armor and poor mobility meant it was being superseded by the Tiger II or "King Tiger." The British 17 pdr and US 76mm were both of 76.2mm calibre, the German 88 and Russian 85 were, well of 88mm and 85mm! This is complicated by the fact that there were two very different 88mm tanks guns: the L/56 in the Tiger 1, and the much more powerful L/71 in the Tiger 2, Elefant, Jagdpanther. Penetration of each at 1,000 yards, striking at The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger tank was a German heavy tank that served on the Eastern Front, Western Front, and in North Africa during World War II. The final version of the tank weighed 54 tons At 67 tons, the King Tiger weighed as much as the early M-1 Abrams tanks. Due to low ammo velocity and poor optics, the IS-2 could destroy the King Tiger once it got to within 1,000 m and then only from the side. 90% of Tiger II's were lost due to mechanical failure, lack of fuel, whereas the other 10% were destroyed in action. Impressive kill eBe92p.