Plastic model 1/48 German Heavy Tank Tiger I Initial Production Model "Military Miniature Series No. 4" Display Model [32504]

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[About Tiger I initial production type]
The Eastern Front, which had been forced to struggle by the T34 and KV-I tanks of the Soviet Union at the end of 1942 in the middle of the Second World War II, and the US and British Army German forces in the North African Front, who had been forced to retreat before the attack,
a powerful master gun and a thick armored tank emerge that sets it apart from previous III and IV tanks. Did. This was the new heavy tank Tiger I.
It was at the end of May 1941 when Henschel was ordered to develop the Tiger I, which will be her name for future generations.
And it was a competition with Dr. Ferdinand Porsche, who was already in development.
Henschel's design proposal was firm enough to support a square car body with a maximum size of 100 mm and a side of 80 mm with eight torsion bars and 24 rolling wheels on one side.
The main guns and turrets will be equipped with the 56 caliber 88 mm tank cannon 36 type and the front armor 100 mm and 80 mm side horseshoe type turrets newly designed for the Porsche car body by Krupp Inc.,
12 engines It was equipped with a cylinder, the Meibach HL210P45 of output 650 horsepower.
This development proposal was issued a mass production order as early as 1942 spring by encountering a powerful Soviet tank at the start of the German-Soviet battle.
Mass production was officially started in August 1942, and deployed as an independent heavy tank battalion of a newly formed organization mainly including the 501st Heavy Tank Battalion, and operated as a direct control of the Army Command. After that, air cleaners were added to the rear of the vehicle from the November production, and parts of the turret shield were reinforced in December, improving parts of the vehicle.
The Tiger I early production model produced about 200 cars from November 1942 to June 1943 and was also put on the Eastern Front, North African Front, and the Italian Front.
At the time of its emergence, it was a powerful, invincible heavy tank that was so powerful that there were no tanks to rival the Allied Forces. The 88 mm guns and heavy armor that bounces back at a close range are a major threat to Allied Generals.

Tiger I Initial production type 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit.
A realistic model of the early type features said to have a total length of 175 mm and the most solid style of each type.
The chassis is die-cast and has a heavy feeling. The caterpillar adopts a realistic connection assembly type. Moreover, the straight parts were integrated to allow for ease of assembly.
With 4 types of markings such as the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion.
※ Release date was changed.