Weighing 56 tons of the best quality German rolled homogeneous nickel-steel plate armor, and carrying the dreaded 88 mm KwK 36L/56 high-velocity gun, theTiger I was designed to dominate the battlefield.    Above, a PzKpfw.VI Tiger I, of s-SSPzAbt.101 on maneuvers at Normandy, 1944. Photo: Bundesarchiv (Colorized).