Dragon armor 1/72 Extra Rare German KINGTIGER

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dragon armor 1/72, !!! Extra Rare !!! German KINGTIGER

German Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz.182),

Kingtiger Henschel Turret,

(s.Pz.Abt.505, late 1944) Art.: 60003

!!! Extra Rare !!! Model

About this release:

The Tiger II is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The final official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, often shortened to Tiger B. The ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 182. It is also known under the informal name Königstiger (the German name for the Bengal tiger), often translated literally as Royal Tiger, or somewhat incorrectly as King Tiger by Allied soldiers, especially by American forces.

The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front. It was armed with the long barrelled 8.8 cm KwK 43 L/71 anti-tank cannon. The chassis was also the basis for the Jagdtiger turretless tank destroyer.

The Tiger II was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and the Waffen-SS. It was first used in combat with 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied Invasion of Normandy on 11 July 1944; on the Eastern Front, the first unit to be outfitted with Tiger IIs was the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion, which by 1 September 1944 listed 25 Tiger IIs operational.

505th Heavy Panzer Battalion (schwere Panzerabteilung 505)

The schwere Panzerabteilung 505, commonly abbreviated as s.Pz.Abt. 505 was one of the first and most elite armored units of the Wehrmacht, and was engaged on several fronts as an emergency force.

The battalion was the last organized with the old order, including 20 Panzer VI Tiger I and 25 Panzer III, and was established in February 1943. Between April 29 and 30 of the same year it was assigned to the Eastern Front, under the command directed by the Central Army Group, and until the beginning of June took no part in any combat, since it was equipped with 11 other Tiger.

This reorganization was undertaken precisely to make fully operational the unit that was assigned to the 9th Army of the Generalfeldmarschall Model during Operation Zitadelle. At the beginning of the biggest battle between floats in history, the battalion could count on 31 Tiger and at the end of the clashes, in July 1943, had lost only six wagons.

Later transferred to the Smolensk area, it remained there throughout 1944, when in September after receiving the new Panzer VI Tiger II, it was engaged together with the 24. Panzer-Division and the 25. Panzer-Division in an attempt to stem the offensive of the Red Army in the Narev bridgehead.

The battalion fought the last months of war in East Prussia.

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This is a famous, very well made die cast model.

Main Features:
- Open window display packaging
- Highly popular and collectible item
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate mold
- Fully assembled
- Historically accurate markings and insignia

- Includes protective display case