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Mobhack said:
That will be the tiger tanks on the battlefield of El Alamein in October 1942, then?. Nope - the Allies first met the tigger in Tunisia. British in Feb 43, USA apparently later in 1943, at Fais Pass. (I do not have a precise date for that)).
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Allow me to nitpick a little
The first three Tigers (s.PzAbt 501) landed in North Africa (Tunesia) on 23rd November 1942 and was in combat on the 25th in the Djedida/Medjez el Bab area. IIRC the allied forces in the area were a mix of British and US forces (tanks).
More Tigers arrived in the following days and weeks and apparently had a field day knocking out Stuarts, which the allies continued to use as real tanks at this time
Claus B