Michael, I don’t know.
I suspect they might.
I know the 1989 Tamiya Late Model Tiger kit can use the old 1970’s Early Tiger’s wheels without too much issue because I bashed the two kits back in the early 1990’s.
May see if a Tamiya 1990’s era King Tiger can be pulled from the the stash to test a steel wheel on the old 1970 Tiger 1 just for kicks.
Update, Edit 12-7-2023
Working on tracks…I belive 96 was the magic number for a real Tiger. I’ll build two runs of 95 and add extra link(s) as needed when test fitting tracks to the model. Have ~85 assembled for one run…