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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah wiki says your right. A company called Henschel made the tiger. Krupp helped with the tiger 2. Porsche was barley involved. I didn't even know he competed for the contract, I thought he just coined the name.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Because they were prohibitively expensive in materials to make. They were diesel electric. Like modern trains. But all the copper needed made them unfeasible.