Tamiya 36204 - 1/16 King Tiger Henschel  [36204]

The 88mm cannon regarding Tiger we happened to be elongated from 56 to 71 caliber. This brand new L71 high velocity weapon undoubtedly could place a 40/43type armor piercing shell through a 150mm thick armor dish whenever fired from 2000m away. The framework concerning the tank is covered in 150mm dense armor on front part and 80mm dense armor about the edges. The Henschel and Porsche businesses developed competing turret prototypes. After a trial production of 50 tanks constructed with the Porsche turret, the Henschel turret, co-designed by the Krupp business, featuring its acutely dense armor that calculated 180mm regarding front side and 80mm individually panels, ended up being used for mass-production. The Henschel turret itself finished up being revised mid-way through manufacturing, from a stepped gun mantle to a smooth one. This new tank had been designed with the motor produced in higher quantities for the Panther, the Maybach HL230-P30 Fuel motor. This motor ended up being able to producing 700hp of manufacturing to really have the 69.8ton King Tiger at a 38km/h top cruising price. Through summer months of 1944 till March of 1945, a whole of 440 King Tiger Heavy Tanks was at fact produced. King Tiger Heavy Tanks fought before end of World War II.