About This Item
This brand new 1/43 scale diecast model of the German Sd. PzKpfw VI King Tiger Ausf. B Heavy Tank #111, representing the Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101 in Belgium, 1944, is produced by AFVs of WWII and comes in the manufacturer’s original unopened box. It features a detailed exterior, true-to-scale detail, and is made of diecast metal with some plastic parts. The model comes in a plastic display showcase and has no openings. Dimensions are approximately L-9.5, W-3.25, H-2.75 inches. The Tiger II, officially designated Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz. 182), was a German heavy tank of World War II, known to Allied soldiers as the King Tiger and informally as Konigstiger. It was issued to heavy tank battalions of the Army and Waffen-SS, first seeing combat with the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion during the Allied invasion of Normandy on 11 July 1944. On the Eastern Front, the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion was the first unit equipped with Tiger IIs, listing 25 operational tanks by 1 September 1944.
