Tamiya 35169 - 1/35 German King Tiger Porsche Turret WWII  [35169]

About the German King Tiger "Porsche Turret"

During World War II, the German tank that has been designated the Panzerkampfwagen VI-B Tiger II, or even more often called the "King Tiger" was a much feared gun by Allied Forces, because of its powerful 88mm primary weapon and thick armor dish. Germany began growth of this tank in February 1943, so as to counter the increasing threat of Russian tanks. During its development stage, both the Henschel and Porsche companies introduced rival prototypes that included various turret designs. The Porsche designed turret had an extremely distinctive form, with a rounded front part and slim shell, when comparing to the quite angular Henschel providing. The turret frontal section armor had been 100mm dense and 80mm the part panels, and it mounted the kind 43 L71 88mm high velocity main gun. Energy because of this massive tank ended up being from a Maybach HL230 P30 V-12 cylinder, fluid cooled engine developing 700 hp. Porsche had produced 50 turrets for their form of the tank before the formal adoption associated with the Henschel model for mass production. Assessment had revealed that the Porsche turret lacked armor depth, and required complex tooling because rounded contour sculpturing. But the superior performance associated with the tank permitted the completed Porsche turrets become deployed to the front. Whenever with the Henschel turret variation, an overall total of lower than 500 King Tiger tanks were ever readily available for combat.

Specs & Features

• Detail by detail synthetic components attached with sprues and molded in light brown and black.
• Very accurate fixed display model.
• One lifelike commander figure.
• Realistic detailed flexible tracks.
• Complete external detailing.
• Opening hatches.
• Mesh display included for atmosphere intake cover.
• Detailed jack and exhaust situated on straight back.
• Guns included for armament.
• Waterslide decals.
• Detailed pictorial directions.