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 higher often called the "King Tiger" was a much feared gun by Allied Forces, because of its effective 88mm primary gun and thick armor dish. Germany started growth of this tank in February 1943, to be able to counter the increasing risk of Russian tanks. During its development phase, both the Henschel and Porsche companies introduced rival prototypes that included various turret designs. The Porsche designed turret had an extremely distinctive type, with a rounded front part and slim shell, when comparing to the quite angular Henschel delivering. The turret front area armor have been 100mm thick and 80mm the part panels, and it mounted the type 43 L71 88mm high velocity main weapon. Energy due to 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 with regards to their type of the tank prior to the formal adoption linked to the Henschel model for mass manufacturing. Assessment had revealed that the Porsche turret lacked armor level, and required complex tooling because curved contour sculpturing. However the superior performance linked to the tank allowed the completed Porsche turrets become implemented towards the front side. Whenever because of the Henschel turret variation, an overall of less than 500 King Tiger tanks had been ever readily available for combat.

Specs & Features

• Step by step synthetic elements attached with sprues and molded in light brown and black colored.
• Very accurate fixed display model.
• One lifelike commander figure.
• Realistic step-by-step versatile tracks.
• Complete outside detailing.
• Opening hatches.
• Mesh display included for environment intake cover.
• Detailed jack and exhaust situated on straight back.
• Guns included for armament.
• Waterslide decals.
• Detailed pictorial guidelines.