Barcode: 0 89195 60342 5
Case Pack: 12 pieces per case
Box Size: 8.9" x 7.7" x 4.9"
Features:
- Highly popular and collectible item
- True to 1/72 scale
- Fully accurate mold
- Fully assembled
- Historically accurate markings and insignia
- Includes protective display case
- Includes Diorama Buildings
About The Jagdtiger,
WWII’s heaviest armored vehicle was the Sd.Kfz. 186 Jagdtiger, which weighed
in at a ponderous 71.7 tonnes. It entered service in September 1944 and saw
combat until the end of the war. These monstrous antitank vehicles were supplied
to only two combat units – schwere Panzerjager-Abteilung (sPzJgAbt.) 512 and
653. Dragon Armor has produced an excellent 1/72 scale example of a Jagdtiger
with Porsche suspension. All but 11 of the 88 Jagdtigers eventually built had
a Henschel suspension system, which had nine road wheels instead of the Porsche’s
eight wheels. This makes this Dragon Armor that little bit more unique.
About This Release,
Details on this fully built-up model are beautifully recreated in miniature,
and this tank destroyer with 12.8cm PaK 44 L/55 gun is ready to wreak havoc
on approaching Allied tanks! In actual fact, only about 20% of Jagdtigers were
lost in combat, with the majority being destroyed by their crews after they
broke down or ran out of fuel. The model, vehicle no. “314” from 3/sPzJgAbt.
653, is painted in a two-color camouflage scheme. This heavy tank-hunter battalion
fought the advancing U.S. Army in March and April 1945 south of Mannheim, before
retreating into southern Bavaria. The model is an accurate representation of
a Jagdtiger from this period, and is offered to collectors with its own diorama
featuring a cobbled road and continental-style buildings. This is a well-balanced
little scene that shows a mighty Jagdtiger growling up a narrow German street.
All details in the diorama are pre-painted and preassembled, and it constitutes
an instant vignette suitable for desktop display.
