1 Background£º
Tiger I is the common name of a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly formidable Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of Operation Barbarossa, particularly the T-34 and the KV-1. The Tiger I design gave the Wehrmacht its first tank mounting the 88 mm gun, which had previously demonstrated its effectiveness against both air and ground targets. (Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_mm_gun )
Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf.E of sPzAbt.501, covering another Tiger, both firing at long range, in Russia.
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The 8.8 cm KwK 36 L/56 was an adaptation of the famous 8.8 cm Flak 36, which was a development of the Flugzeugabwehrkanone Model 18 (Flak 18). In informal German use, this gun was universally known as the Acht-acht, a contraction of Acht-komma-acht Zentimeter (8.8 cm = 88 mm), and was first used in combat by the Condor Legion, in Spain, where it earned the reputation of being an excellent anti-aircraft gun as well as a tank killer. This capacity would be confirmed during the French campaign in 1940, and most spectacularly in the hands of Rommel's Afrika Korps in North Africa. The Flak 36 was essentially a Flak 18 mounted in three sections, making possible to change the part of the barrel that suffered most attrition from the high-velocity rounds. By the time the Wehrmacht was heavily committed in Russia, it proved to be the only gun in the German inventory capable to destroy the new T-34 and KV-2 Russian tanks at longer ranges.
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| The famous 8.8 cm Flak 36 in action as anti-tank gun in Russia, 1942. Note the use of the stereoscopic range finder at the right, which made possible for the 8.8 cm Flak 36 guns to hit targets at record ranges. |
At a Panzerkomission meeting on 14 July 1942, the subject of Tiger armament was discussed again, and it was verified that the ability to penetrate 100mm of armor, under the requiderd conditions, was also achieved by the 88mm KwK 36 L/56, therefore conversion to the 75mm KwK 42 L/70 was no longer necessary, and conversion to the 88mm KwK L/71 would ocurr at the end of the same year. This decision resulted in the entire production run of the Tiger being outfitted with turrets mounting the 88mm KwK 36 L/56. As a matter of fact, this increase of the penetration abilities of the 88mm KwK 36 L/56 resulted exclusively from changes to the design of the armor piercing (APCBC) ammunition. Greater armor penetration was achieved by decreasing the size of the explosive filler cavity inside the shell, which also increased the weight to 10.2 kilograms (JENTZ, Thomas L.; Germany's TIGER Tanks - Tiger I and II: Combat Tactics; op. cit.).
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| The Tiger I, with its 88 KwK 36 L/56 gun, coupled with superior optics, could accurately hit targets at ranges the enemy could not even aim at. |
Please note that 88 mm KwK 36 L/56 means: The diameter of the bore (caliber) of this gun is 88 mm; this is a Tank Gun (Kampfwagenkanone); that the year the development of this gun was finalized was 1936; and that the length of the gun equals 56 times the diameter of the bore (caliber) of the same gun. This measurement was done from the rear face of the breech to the end of the muzzle, not counting the muzzle brake. This was the main gun installed on the Tiger I.
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| The Tiger I, firing at long range on the vast Russian plains, and scoring a hit! |
(Source :Fabio Prado. "Pzkpfw Vi Tiger I". Armorsite.Retrieved 2010-04-30.)
2. Our Goal:
Main specification£º
a. Maximum retention internal parts of Aero-Mate 88gun.
b. Closest to real fire.
c. Special designed ESC for 88 gun and firing. Customer can
choose 3 different firing mode
according to Ammunition Type.
Penetration: |
Gun |
88 mm KwK 36 L/56 |
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Ammunition Type |
Pzgr.39 |
Pzgr.40 |
Gr.39HL |
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Shell Weight |
10.2 Kg |
7.3 Kg |
7.65 Kg |
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Initial Velocity |
773 m/s |
930 m/s |
600 m/s |
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Range |
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100 m |
120 mm |
170 mm |
90 mm |
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500 m |
110 mm |
155 mm |
90 mm |
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1000 m |
100 mm |
138 mm |
90 mm |
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1500 m |
91 mm |
122 mm |
90 mm |
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2000 m |
84 mm |
110 mm |
90 mm |
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Source : JENTZ, Thomas L.; Germany's TIGER Tanks - Tiger I and II: Combat Tactics; ISBN 0-7643-0225-6 |
3 Our work:
a. Analysis whole process of 88 firling from tiger1 video data.
b. Confirm the mechanical design (By Micheal LEE)
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AERO-MATE 88 Gun Mechanical Design-Inside View |
c. Confirm ESC design(By QH Wang)
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AERO-MATE 88 Gun Recoil Esc |
4. Specification for AERO-MATE 88 Gun Recoil ESC
1.1 Output: Continuous 5A, Burst 10A up to 10 Secs
1.2 Input Voltage: 2 cells lipo or 6 cells NiCd/NIMH
1.3 Working current:0.45A
1.4 Size:73.5*33*10.5mm
1.5 weight£º18.5g
The Final solution
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AERO-MATE 88 Gun Details comparing with a real Tiger I-Inside View |
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