The new 16 cylinder turbo diesel engine not only solved overheating and fuel consumption related issues, but it also resulted in a considerable boost to the power of the engine, allowing the Tiger II to sport an impressive 750 horsepower in total. The Simmering-Graz-Pauker Sla.16 diesel engine was developed for the VK.4502 Tiger design of Ferdinand Porsche and was then added to the “King Tiger” after some further development. The engine would frequently overheat and the fuel consumption was unacceptably high – the Tiger II could only travel a few dozen kilometers before having to refuel.
The power of the petrol driven Maybach engine was obviously insufficient for a tank which was this heavy. The modernization program to equip the basic Pz.Kpfw.VI Ausf.B tank model (Tiger II) with a diesel engine was carried out in the spring of 1945. We would like to present to you with one of the most brutal tanks in the War Thunder 1.57 Update - the premium “King Tiger“ equipped with a diesel engine. 24 February 2016 Tiger II Sla.16: the diesel-engined “King Tiger”
