Our superbly detailed new kit, made by plastic manufacturers Italeri, has Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste giving it the authentic look for mid to late war. It also includes a plastic crewman model as well as full-colour waterslide decals to finish off your new big cat perfectly!
The Tiger was hurried into action on the Russian front as a response to the heavier Soviet tanks that had caught the Wehrmacht unawares. Its massive square body and rounded turret was an intimidating sight to enemy tankers. The armour was tremendously thick and made of quality steel, making it largely invulnerable, at least frontally, to anti-tank fire.
Tigers were normally formed into separate heavy tank battalions and parcelled out by the high command wherever they were most needed, their presence
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