tigers hummmmmm.... well my grand father was in a tiger when they came out he said the early ones had horrable transmission problems and the would stop to a horrable grinding halt. but for saying the panther was equal he said it was but it wasn't. like someone said before, later the panther came out. but he said the panther was better at flushing out the ambushers and the tiger was there to take out the bloody sneeky commies. but the russian Stalin tank 1,2,&3 was what finnaly got them and the absint of the luffwaffa. ps my grand father died 6 years ago and was aworded the 1 class iron cross his stories still intrest me and keep up with the games.