[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-554-0872-35, Tunesien, Panzer VI (Tiger I).jpg|thumb|left|Tank Tiger I di kirim ke Tunisia untuk membantu [[Deutsche Afrika Korps]] beroperasi di bulan Januari 1943]]
untuk memamerkan senjata barunya, Hitler memerintahkan untuk penekanan awal bertugas ke front depan.{{sfn|Guderian|1952|p=280}} sebuah platoon dari empat Tiger beraksi mulai di [[Pengepungan Leningrad]].{{sfn|Showalter|2013|p=48}} Bertugas di medam rawa dan hutan membuat bergerak menjadi susah namun bisa bertahan dengan mudah.
Eager to make use of the powerful new weapon, Hitler ordered the vehicle be pressed into service months earlier than planned.{{sfn|Guderian|1952|p=280}} A platoon of four Tigers was put into action on 23 September 1942 near [[Siege of Leningrad|Leningrad]].{{sfn|Showalter|2013|p=48}} Operating in swampy, forested terrain their movement was largely confined to roads and tracks, making defense against them far easier. Many of these early models were plagued by problems with the transmission, which had difficulty handling the heavy weight of the vehicle if pushed too hard. It took time for drivers to learn how to avoid over taxing the engine and transmission, and many broke down. The most significant event from this engagement was that one of the Tigers became stuck in swampy ground and had to be abandoned. Captured largely intact, it allowed the Soviets to study the design and prepare countermeasures.{{sfn|Glantz|2005|p=201}}
Tiger-Tiger ini rata-rata dibuat untuk bentuk medan front timur jadi dahulu lebih banyak Tiger I di Front Timur dibandingakan dengan yang berada di Front Barat maupun di Utara Afrika. Di Front timur juga Tiger I menunjukkan kegagahannya namun tak terlalu lama, karena banyak versi-versi awal Tiger I ini banyak yang mogok dan tertangkap oleh pihak soviet yang mana akhirnya soviet mempelajari Tiger I ini dan mempersiapkan tank baru yang dapat menandingi tank Tiger ini.
A [[503rd heavy tank battalion (Germany)|battalion of Tigers]] was deployed to the Don Front in the autumn of 1942, but arrived too late to participate in the attack to relieve Stalingrad, (Operation [[Operation Winter Storm|''Winter Storm'']]). It was subsequently engaged in heavy defensive fighting in the [[Rostov-on-Don]] and adjacent sectors in January and February 1943.
Sedangkan di Front Afrika Utara Tank Tiger kali pertama bertugas saat [[Kampanye Tunisia]] Pada Awal Desember 1942.{{sfn|Schneider|2000|p=41}} Tank ini kurang banyak cerita di utara afrika karena kawan-kawan nya tidak ada di sini jadi sekian saja.
In the North African theatre, the Tiger first saw action during the [[Tunisia Campaign]] on 1 December 1942 east of [[Tebourba]].{{sfn|Schneider|2000|p=41}} The first loss to an Allied gun was on 20 January 1943 near [[Robaa]]{{sfn|Schneider|2000|p=42}} when a battery of the British 72nd Anti-tank Regiment knocked out two Tigers with their [[Ordnance QF 6 pounder|6-pounder (57 mm) anti-tank guns]]. The failed attack on [[Béja]] at the end of February saw seven Tigers lost in the "Panzer Graveyard".{{sfn|Schneider|2000|p=43}}
