Models supplied unassembled and unpainted On the Eastern front, its combat debut came on the 12th August 1944 by the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (s.H.Pz.Abt.501) resisting the Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive, where it attacked the Soviet bridgehead over the Vistula River near Baranów Sandomierski. The first combat use of the King Tiger was during the battles in Normandy by 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (s.H.Pz.Abt.503), opposing Operation Atlantic between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944. Fifty Porsche turrets were mounted to Henschel’s hull and used in action until the Henschel turret variant became available. As the first Henschel chassis rolled off the production line, only the turret originally destined for the rejected Porsche project were available.
Two turret designs were produced with Porsche and Henschel competing for the contract.
Bolt Action stat cards, ideal for quick referencing.ĭeployed on both the Western and Eastern fronts, the King Tiger’s long 8.8cm gun had enormous operational accuracy with the ability to knock out any Allied tank frontally at ranges exceeding 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles), way beyond the effective range of any Allied tank gun.A thorough and well-explained colour assembly and painting guide.One 1/56th scale hard plastic King Tiger heavy tank with options to build either the Henschel turret or the Porsche turret.Packed with stunning detail as you would expect from an Italeri kit, this box contains: Its introduction to hostilities in 1944 caused significant problems for the Allies but ultimately it saw action too late and in tew fewer numbers to have a game-changing impact on the war. B or Sd.kfz 182) more commonly known as the ‘King Tiger’ or ‘Royal Tiger’ by Allied troops, was a development of the fearsome Tiger I tank.
In the meantime contact us at for more information and purchases.The Königstiger (officially named the Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. PPP35001 ‘Der Hammer’ is sold at 15€ (TAV included, shipping not included). The ammo crates come with a very finely rendered woodgrain. The Hammer kit is cast in resin and contains the barrel, all parts to make the mount including the 2 wheels, 3 open ammo crates, 3 lids, 6 rockets, a length of copper wire and a strip of metal foil to make the rings and the shoulder straps for the gun. To make the gun lighter the barrel was shortened to 1365 mm. This made the whole gun too heavy and the choice was made to modify the 81,4 cm rockets with 10,5 cm rings. In December 1944 the project was picked up again, trying to upscale the caliber to 10,5cm. At that stage the range was shortened to 300 meter. The first design started with a tube with a length of 2200 mm and the rocket was a slightly modified 81,4cm which was already in use. The goal was to extend the range of the Panzerschreck’s 200 meter to 500 meter. The Hammer project was started in October 1943 as a further development of the 75mm recoilless rocket launcher.
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