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 was designated the Panzerkampfwagen VI-B Tiger II, or more commonly known as the "King Tiger" ended up being a much feared weapon by Allied Forces, due to the effective 88mm main weapon and dense armor dish. Germany started growth of this tank in February 1943, trying to counter the increasing risk of Russian tanks. During its development stage, both the Henschel and Porsche organizations introduced rival prototypes that incorporated different turret configurations. The Porsche designed turret had a really distinctive form, with a rounded front side area and slim shell, when compared to the quite angular Henschel offering. The turret front part armor had been 100mm thick and 80mm the side panels, therefore mounted the kind 43 L71 88mm high velocity primary weapon. Power because of this massive tank was from a Maybach HL230 P30 V-12 cylinder, liquid cooled motor developing 700 hp. Porsche had produced 50 turrets for their version of the tank ahead of the official adoption of this Henschel model for mass production. Evaluation had revealed your Porsche turret lacked armor depth, and needed complex tooling because curved contour sculpturing. However, the superior performance of this tank allowed the completed Porsche turrets become deployed on front. Whenever combined with the Henschel turret version, an overall total of less than 500 King Tiger tanks were ever available for combat.

Specs & Features

• Detailed synthetic parts mounted on sprues and molded in light brown and black.
• Extremely accurate static display model.
• One realistic commander figure.
• Realistic detailed flexible tracks.
• Complete external detailing.
• Opening hatches.
• Mesh display included for atmosphere intake cover.
• Detailed jack and exhaust located on right back.
• Weapons included for armament.
• Waterslide decals.
• Detailed pictorial guidelines.