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Originally Posted by LAH 1 SS
tiger 2 vehicles were never fitted with smoke dischargers
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Instead of smoke dischargers the Tiger II had a
Nahverteidigungswaffe.
This was a short 92 mm mortar type device mounted on the top of the turret. It could fire smoke grenades, and fragmentation grenades for point defense against enemy infantry. It could also be used as a port to fire a flare pistol. This device was also mounted on the JagPanzer IV, JagPanther, JagTiger, Tiger I, Panther G, Sturmtiger, StuG III and apparently even on the Panzer IV.
See this link for more info and pictures:
Die Nahverteidigungswaffe
The pics below are what it looks like inside and outside the tank. On the outside it is the round plate with the oblong hole in it on the near side and on top of the turret.