Tiger I Ausf. E Heavy Tank French AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)

AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) with 290mm Petard Mortar (aka the flying dustbin

A British infantry squad was referred to as a section

Initially under-armed

Canadian infantry sections were organised in the same way as their British counterparts

Tiger I Ausf. E Heavy Tank French AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers)Amongst the most feared tanks in the Second World War, the mere mention of the name 'Tiger' was enough to cause panic amongst Allied armoured formations. Its massive square body and rounded turret was an intimidating sight to enemy tankers. The armour was tremendously thick, making it largely invulnerable, at least frontally, to anti tank fire. Its potent 88mm gun was a deadly weapon, effective against enemy tanks up to three kilometres and also