Barcode: 0 89195 60265 7
Packaging: 24 Pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.2"x3.1"x3.7"
Features:
- Open window display packaging
- Highly popular and collectible item
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate mold
- Fully assembled
- Historically accurate markings and insignia
- Includes protective display case
When Germany’s mighty Tiger I tanks were first introduced, they were organized
into special heavy tank battalions known as schwere Panzer-Abteilung (or sPzAbt.
for short). The first three operational units were sPzAbt. 501, 502, and 503.
Joining Dragon Armor masterpiece is this Early Production Tiger I from the 3rd
company of the same sPzAbt. 502 unit. This famous battalion, whose insignia
was a “mammut” (mammoth), had been caught up in ferocious fighting on the Eastern
Front since its formation in 1942.
This fine 1/72 scale miniature tank from Dragon, numbered “302”, is wearing
a two-tone camouflage pattern of red-brown strokes over a sand-colored base.
Perhaps the most unique feature of this model is the remarkable zimmerit coating
produced in true-to-scale dimensions. The model also has spare track links stowed
on the turret sides, as usually occurred on the battlefield. The tank is beautifully
finished and weathered to represent a Tiger I fighting in Eastern Front 1944,
as these ponderous but lethal Tigers were continuously thrown into combat to
plug the widening gaps in the German frontlines.
