Barcode: 0 89195 60416 3
Case Pack: 24 pieces per carton
Box Size: 7.2" x 3.1" x 3.7"
Dragon Armor’s newest 1/72 scale tank represents a Mid-Production variant of
the famous Tiger I. It is finished in the markings of s.Pz.Abt.101, a crack
heavy tank battalion. From 1943 onwards, the battalion’s 45 Tiger Is were attached
to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) Division, an elite panzer unit. This
division was based in northern France when the Allies launched its massive amphibious
and airborne landings at Normandy on June 6 1944. After being brought forward
into the battle, the LAH Division fought fiercely in sectors near Caen and Falaise,
including the famous Battle of Villers-Bocage. The unit was eventually encircled
in the Falaise pocket, and by the time its remnants had retreated from France,
it had suffered 5,000 casualties and most of its Tiger I tanks had been lost.
The 1/72 scale model depicts a tank of the 1st Company of s.Pz.Abt.101 fighting
in the Normandy region in the summer of 1944. It’s finished in an attractive
three-color camouflage paint scheme. Of special note is the realistically applied
Zimmerit coating, and this mighty Tiger I is also weathered to a startlingly
realistic degree. Detail is delicate and full, including all the typical features
of a Mid-Production variant. This Dragon Armor model is a miniature masterpiece!
