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The Royal Tigers 503rd Heavy Panzer Tank Battalion (S.Pz.Abt. 503) at the Sennelager range in Germany shortly before being sent to Hungary, September 25, 1944. The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (German, schwere Panzerabteilung 503; abbreviated, "s.Pz.Abt. 503") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung, equipped with Tiger I and Panzer III tanks. In 1944, it was re-equipped with the new Tiger II.

The battalion saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. As with other German heavy tank battalions, it was normally not assigned to a single corps, but shuffled around according to war circumstances.