Tamiya TAM35216 35216 German Tiger I Early Production Tank 1:35 Military Model Kit, Grey, Individual Packaging

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Jentz, Tom; Doyle, Hilary (2000). Germany's Tiger tanks D.W. to Tiger 1. Schiffer. ISBN 978-0-76431-038-6. France – used captured Tigers in the Saint Nazaire salient and the Allied offensive into Germany [104]

Combat experience against the French SOMUA S35 cavalry tank and Char B1 heavy tank, and the British Matilda II infantry tanks during the Battle of France in June 1940 showed that the German Army needed better armed and armoured tanks. [17] Boldyrev, Eugeni (18 September 2001). "KV-85 Heavy Tank". The Russian Battlefield. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 . Retrieved 20 October 2014. Higgins, David R. (2012). King Tiger Vs IS-2: Operation Solstice 1945. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-863-3. In July 1943, two heavy tank battalions (503rd and 505th) took part in Operation Citadel, including the Battle of Kursk, with one battalion each on the northern (505th) and southern (503rd) flanks of the Kursk salient the operation was designed to encircle. However, the operation failed and the Germans were again put on the defensive. The resulting withdrawal led to the loss of many broken-down Tigers which had to be abandoned, with battalions unable to perform required maintenance or repairs. [77] Fletcher, David (2011). Tiger Tank: Owners' Workshop Manual. Haynes Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7603-4078-3.Potapov, Valeri. "Development History of the JS-1/JS-2". The Russian Battlefield. Archived from the original on 7 September 2005 . Retrieved 21 January 2015. The Wa Prüf report estimated that the Tiger's 88mm gun would be capable of penetrating the differential case of an American M4 Sherman from 2,100m (1.3mi) and the turret front from 1,800m (1.1mi), but the Tiger's 88mm gun would not penetrate the upper glacis plate at any range assuming a side angle of 30 deg. The M4 Sherman's 75mm gun would not penetrate the Tiger frontally at any range, and needed to be within 100m to achieve a side penetration against the 80mm upper hull superstructure. The Sherman's upgraded 76mm gun might penetrate the Tiger's driver's front plate from 600m, the nose from 400m and the turret front from 700m. [60] The M3 90mm cannon used as a towed anti-aircraft and anti-tank gun, and later mounted in the M36 tank destroyer and finally the late-war M26 Pershing, could penetrate the Tiger's front plate at a range of 1,000 m using standard ammunition, and from beyond 2,000 m when using HVAP. [61] [ unreliable source?] Perhaps the most famous surviving Early Tiger 1 is Tiger 131 at the Bovington Tank Museum in the UK which still regularly runs at events throughout the year. Glantz, David (2005). Colossus Reborn: the Red Army at War: 1941–1943. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press. ISBN 0-7006-1353-6.

Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster: Die schwerste Katze aller Zeiten". Archived from the original on 12 March 2013 . Retrieved 5 March 2013. Shop your next hobby project by brand or browse through our catalogue to find a range of model tanks and kits in Australia at affordable prices. If you can’t see what you’re looking for, just give us a ring and we’ll be able to help you right away. Kolomiets, Maxim (2013). "Тигры" на Огненной Дуге "Тигры" на Огненной Дуге[ Tiger Tierra del Arc] (in Russian). KM Strategy. ISBN 978-5-699-65932-6. The most remarkable aspect of the recent combat was that the Tiger could still be deployed after covering a 400km run… This proved that the Tiger can easily keep pace with lighter tanks. Nobody expected this. [85] Zetterling, Niklas (2000). Kursk 1943: a statistical analysis. London: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-0-7146-5052-4.The 13.(Tiger) Kompanie/Panzer-Regiment Großdeutschland reported on their experience in employing the Tiger from 7 to 19 March 1943: Kliment, C. K.; Bernád, D. (2007). Maďarská armáda 1919–1945. Praha: Ares: Naše vojsko. ISBN 978-8-0861-5850-1. Produced from 1942 to 1944 the Tiger 1 (designation Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E) is perhaps the most iconic German tank of World War II. Despite less than 1,400 being produced, its lethal gun and heavy armour had a powerful psychological effect on Allied troops. Production of the Tiger I began in August 1942 at the factory of Henschel und Sohn in Kassel, [51] initially at a rate of 25 per month and peaking in April 1944 at 104 per month. An official document of the time stated that the first Tiger I was completed on 4 August. 1,355 had been built by August 1944, when production ceased. Deployed Tiger I's peaked at 671 on 1 July 1944. [52] It took about twice as long to build a Tiger I as another German tank of the period. When the improved Tiger II began production in January 1944, the Tiger I was soon phased out.

This section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sourcesin this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( February 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Australian Armour and Artillery Museum. This Tiger, restored in 2021, is an externally complete Tiger using battlefield relics and a proportionally small amount of replica plate/components, similar to the Hoebig Tigers and Wheatcroft Tigers [ citation needed] On 22 June 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The Germans encountered large numbers of Soviet T-34 medium and KV-1 heavy tanks. [19] According to Henschel designer Erwin Aders, "There was great consternation when it was discovered that the Soviet tanks were superior to anything available to the Heer." [20] Combat history [ edit ] Gun and armour performance [ edit ] German soldiers inspect a non-penetrating hit to the Tiger's armour.

Table of Organisation, KStN 1176e" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016 . Retrieved 28 March 2010.