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Manic Dragon
Andrea Morris (Manic Dragon)
GB

Kingtiger (Porsche Turret)
Dragon

Subject:
Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B King Tiger
3R Wehrmacht Heer (German Army 1935-1945)
s.Pz.Kp.(Fkl) 316 12
June 1944 World War 2»Battle of Normandy - Normandy FR
RAL7028 Dark Yellow RAL6003 Olive Green RAL8017 Red Brown
Scale:
1:35
Status:
Ideas

Tiger II is the common name of 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 on 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 turret-less 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 II's was the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion, which by 1 September 1944 listed 25 Tiger II's operational.

Project inventory

Full kits
6848
Sd.Kfz.182
Kingtiger Porsche Turret w/Zimmerit
Dragon 1:35
6848 2016 New parts
Detail and Conversion sets
35166
King Tiger Brass 88mm Projectiles
Tamiya 1:35
35166 (166) 1993
35L-214
German 88 mm KwK 43 L/71 Barrel For King Tiger Porsche Turret (Early)
Aber 1:35
35L-214 2017
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Part of my Collection

German Armour
Ideas 25×Completed 14×On hold 6×

Comments

17 April 2018, 13:19
Andrea Morris
Please visit the associated album for comments, updates & pictures for this project.
17 April 2018, 13:22

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