1/32 German Sd.Kfz.181 PzKpfw VI Tiger Ausf. E heavy tank (Early production model)

The Tiger was renowned among the German armored fighting vehicles of World War II. Eighty years ago, this tank could be said to be a mythical existence to Allied and Axis soldiers, because the development of the Tiger tank had been kept highly confidential. In early 1943, this secret weapon was finally revealed to perform various field training missions, but production of the Tiger tank was minimal in the early days, and the tank was only assigned to the s.PzAbt" (Schwere Panzer Abteilung) in German military terminology Heavy tank battalion. The 505th heavy tank unit, also one of the most famous s.PzAbt, was born in February 1943. Its symbol - the storm knight - is known to many enthusiasts, for all practical purposes. It was commissioned in 1944 The name was changed later; the round design is a raging bull, painted on the left front under the tank driver's hatch.
s.PzAbt505, who first joined North Africa, later joined the Eastern Front and assigned its deployment in North Africa to the 504th Unit. At that time, many tank drivers were shocked when they saw the powerful Tiger armored vehicle for the first time. It weighs 60 tons, has a frontal armor thickness of 100 mm, and is equipped with an 88 mm main gun, which is a derivative of the famous 88 mm main gun used in other battles.
During the "Operation Bastion Plan", in a key battle near Kursk in July 1943, the 1st and 2nd Squadrons of the 505th Heavy Tank Unit were attacked by anti-tank guns and a large number of T- The fierce offensive of 34 tanks, as the veterans of the 505th Heavy Tank Battalion recalled, they were lucky to drive high-performance Tiger tanks to fight, because if they drove No. 3 or No. 4 tanks, they would not survive.