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Webstore: King Tiger (Porsche Turret)

The Königstiger  (officially named the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B), known as the ‘King Tiger’ or ‘Royal Tiger’ by the Allies, was a development of the famous Tiger I tank. It’s introduction to hostilities in 1944 caused significant problems for the Allies in countering this potent threat but ultimately it saw action too late to have…

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Webstore: Cromwell with burlap camo

Burlap camo was a type of netting which was very popular with Commonwealth armies during W.W.II. It differs from ordinary netting in that it has attached to it many strips of material which hang down looking like strips of tape. One metal and resin Cromwell tank. Note: Models supplied unassembled and unpainted

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Webstore: Dug-in Panther

By the later stages of the war the lack of any production or repair facilities let alone any raw materials, meant a huge loss of equipment and little in the way of offensive capability to what remained of the German forces – ingenuity was still abundant and when one of your best tanks becomes mechanically…