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| Producent | Hobby Boss |
| Produktkode | HBB84530 |
| Vægt: | 1.00 kg |
| Ean: | 6939319245304 |
| Skala | 1:35 |
| Tilføjet til kataloget: | 10.5.2018 |
| Tags: | King-tiger |
In early October 1942, plans for production of the VK 45.03 were reviewed，Initially two designs were provided, one by Henschel and one by Porsche. Both used a turret design from Krupp; the main differences were in the hull design, transmission and suspension.
The Henschel version used a conventional hull design with sloped armor resembling the layout of the Panther tank. It had a rear mounted engine and used nine overlapping road wheels per side, mounted on transverse torsion bars, in a similar manner to the original Tiger. To simplify maintenance, however, the wheels were overlapping rather than interleaved as in the Tiger
Henschel won the contract, and all Tiger IIs were produced by the firm. Two turret designs were used in production vehicles. The initial design is sometimes misleadingly called the "Porsche turret" due to the belief that it was designed by Porsche for their prototype. In fact this turret was simply the initial Krupp design for both prototypes. This turret had a rounded front and steeply sloped sides, with a difficult-to-manufacture curved bulge on the turret's left side, to accommodate the commander's cupola. Fifty early turrets were mounted to Henschel's hull and used in action. The more common "production" turret, sometimes called the "Henschel" turret, was simplified with a flat face, no shot trap (created by the curved face of the initial-type turret), less-steeply sloped sides, and no bulge for the commander's cupola.
The track system used on the Tiger II chassis was a unique one, which used alternating "contact shoe" and "connector" links—the contact shoe link had a pair of transverse metal bars that contacted the ground, while the connector links had no contact with the ground.
The Tiger II was developed late in the war and made in relatively small numbers. Like all German tanks, it had a gasoline engine. However, this same engine powered the much lighter Panther and Tiger I tanks. The Tiger II was under-powered, like many other heavy tanks of World War II, and consumed a lot of fuel which was already in short supply.
| Item No |
84530 |
| Item Name |
German Sd.Kfz.182 King Tiger “Porsche Turret” w/ Zimmerit |
| Bar Code |
6939319245304 |
| Scale |
1:35 |
| Item Type |
Plastic Model Armor Kit |
| Model Dimension |
Length: 292.3mm Width: 107.3mm |
| Total Plastic Parts |
550+ |
| Total Sprues |
19 sprues , lower hull and upper hull |
| Chromeplate Parts |
n/a |
| Resin Parts |
n/a |
| Metal Parts |
n/a |
| Photo Etched Parts |
1 piece |
| Film Accessory |
n/a |
| Released Date |
2018-02 |
| More Features |
The kit consists of over 550 parts
>the kit w/refined detail
>multi-slide moulded lower hull , turret
>individual tracks
>zimmerit included
>photo etched parts included |
PzKpfw VI Ausf. B Tiger II eller i daglig tale Konigstiger (polsk kongetiger) var en tysk tung kampvogn fra Anden Verdenskrig. De første prototyper af køretøjet blev bygget i 1943, og serieproduktionen fortsatte i 1944-1945, og endte med produktionen af 487 køretøjer. Tiger II blev drevet af en enkelt Maybach HL 230 P30-motor, der ydede 700 hk. Den var bevæbnet med 1 88 mm PaK 43 L / 71 kanon og 2 7,92 mm MG34 maskingeværer.
PzKpfw VI Ausf. B Tiger II blev skabt i forbindelse med Albert Speers opgave i januar 1943 af Henschel- og Porsche-fabrikkerne til at designe en ny tung kampvogn til de tyske væbnede styrker. De første prototyper var klar i oktober i år, og en bil designet af firmaet Henschel gik i masseproduktion, hvor 50 enheder af den nye tank havde et tårn designet af Porsche (det såkaldte Porsche-tårn). Den kongelige tiger havde en stor panserværnspistol, der var i stand til at ødelægge ethvert pansret køretøj fra den røde hær eller allierede på det tidspunkt i en afstand af 1500-2000 m. Det var også meget godt pansret, og dets panser var omhyggeligt kontureret. Faktisk var den nye tyske kampvogn uopnåelig for de fleste fjendtlige køretøjer i afstande over 1000-1200 m. Tiger II havde utvivlsomt adskillige ulemper: Først og fremmest var motoren bestemt for svag, hvilket var det samme som den 11 tons lettere Tiger I. Gearkassen blev også beskadiget og hele drivlinesystemet, som var ekstremt svigtende og udsat for fejl. Tiger II var desuden utrolig tidskrævende og dyr at producere, hvilket taget i betragtning af Tysklands vanskelige situation på fronterne i perioden 1944-1945 også var et stort minus. Royal Tiger gennemgik sin ilddåb under operationen i Normandiet i sommeren 1944 som en del af 503. tunge kampvognsbataljon og 101. SS tunge kampvognsbataljon. Senere kæmpede enheder udstyret med disse kampvogne også på østfronten i 1944-1945, og måske det største antal Tiger II kampvogne i en operation blev brugt i offensiven i Ardennerne ved årsskiftet 1944-1945.
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