Despite the worldwide fame of the T-34 and Tiger, which became the main symbols of the Second World War, there was no such book! This is not a retelling of long-known characteristics and publicly available facts . This is the first comparative analysis of two of the most famous tanks in history. Pz. VI Tiger vs. T-34 - who? "To imagine the Russian crew in the Tiger is as difficult as the German in the T-34. "Tiger" for Soviet tankers was an object of alien military-technical culture to the same extent as the T-34 for the Germans. As they say, the Russian is good, the German is death. and vice versa. T-34 and Tiger are not just representatives of different classes These are conceptually different tanks! T-34 - a mass universal tank, "Tiger" - an elite fighter tank . To win over one Tiger, an average of five "thirty-fours" were needed. The calculation is simple - while the Tiger will deal with four, the fifth will have time to come from the right side to the desired distance. This is a real account of losses on both the Eastern and Western fronts .. The Allies gave as many “Shermans” as we did “thirty-fours” for the Tiger. However, in the long run, the concept of "Tiger" could not bring victory. It was fully in line with the strategy of blitzkrieg, a short-lived war with relatively small losses that can be replenished after the cessation of hostilities. On the Eastern Front, the blitzkrieg broke down for the Germans, they were forced to wage a long war, while suffering large losses that the industry of the Reich did not have time to fill. As a result, the Germans simply ceased to have enough tanks.