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Organisation, February 1944^[1]
Battalion command 3 x Tiger I
1st company command 2 x Tiger I			2nd company command 2 x Tiger I			3rd company command 2 x Tiger I 8 x Borgward IV
1st platoon 4 x Tiger I	2nd platoon 4 x Tiger I	3rd platoon 4 x Tiger I	1st platoon 4 x Tiger I	2nd platoon 4 x Tiger I	3rd platoon 4 x Tiger I	1st platoon 4 x Tiger I 9 x Borgward IV	2nd platoon 4 x Tiger I 9 x Borgward IV	3rd platoon 4 x Tiger I 9 x Borgward IV

In addition to tanks, each battalion planned to include the following:^[2]
Description	vehicle type	1 July 1943	1 January 1945
Flakpanzer IV	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	0	8
Sd.Kfz. 7/1 8 ton 4 x 2 cm Flak	Self-propelled anti-aircraft gun	6	3
Sd.Kfz. 251 Schützenpanzerwagen	Armoured half-track	10	11
Bergepanther	Armoured recovery vehicle	0	5
Sd.Kfz. 9 18 ton Zugkraftwagen	Half-track prime mover	8	7
Sd.Kfz. 10 1 ton Zugkraftwagen	Light half-track	8	13
Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad	Gun tractor	0	14
Beiwagenkrad	Motorcycle with sidecar, e.g. BMW R75	25	0
Solokrad	Motorcycle	17	6
Kübelwagen Personenkraftwagen	Staff car	64	38
Personenkraftwagen, zivil	Civilian car	2	1
Lastkraftwagen	Truck, e.g. Opel Blitz	111	84
Lastkraftwagen, zivil	Civilian truck	24	34
Maultier	Half-track	0	6
Kran-Kraftfahrzeug	Mobile crane	3	3
Total		278	233

Kill and Loss Ratio of the Tiger Battalions (1942–1945):^[3]
Unit	Losses	Destroyed	Ratio
501st Heavy Panzer Battalion	120	450	3.75
502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion	107	1,400	13.08
503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion	252	1,700	6.75
504th Heavy Panzer Battalion	109	250	2.29
505th Heavy Panzer Battalion	126	900	7.14
506th Heavy Panzer Battalion	179	400	2.23
507th Heavy Panzer Battalion	104	600	5.77
508th Heavy Panzer Battalion	78	100	1.28
509th Heavy Panzer Battalion	120	500	4.17
510th Heavy Panzer Battalion	65	200	3.08
13./Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland	6	100	16.67
III./Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland	98	500	5.10
13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1	42	400	9.52
8./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2	31	250	8.06
9./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3	56	500	8.93
101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	107	500	4.67
102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	76	600	7.89
103rd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion	39	500	12.82
TOTAL:	1,715	9,850	5.74

^ Schneider 2004, pp. 343–344
^ Schneider 2000, p. 2.
^ "Tiger Tank Battalions during WWII - Page 2". The Armor Site!. http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/tigers-02.htm. "citing http://www.alanhamby.com/tiger.html which itself cites Tigers in Combat I by Wolfgang Schneider, Tigers in Combat II by Wolfgang Schneider, Red Army Handbook by Steven Zaloga"