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German Sd. Kfz. 181 PzKpfw VI Tiger I Ausf. H Heavy Tank - SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, "Red S05", 1.SS Panzer Division "LSSAH", Eastern Front, Spring 1944 (1:50 Scale)
German Tiger I Ausf. H Heavy Tank - SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, "Red S05", 1.SS Panzer Division "LSSAH", Eastern Front, Spring 1944

Corgi German Tiger I Ausf. H Heavy Tank - SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, "Red S05", 1.SS Panzer Division "LSSAH", Eastern Front, Spring 1944


 
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Corgi HC60509 German Sd. Kfz. 181 PzKpfw VI Tiger I Ausf. H Heavy Tank - SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann, "Red S05", 1.SS Panzer Division "LSSAH", Eastern Front, Spring 1944 (1:50 Scale) "The gun and armor of the Tiger were superb, making it in many ways the most formidable tank in service. Even so, it was poor in maneuver, it was slow, and its turret was a slow traverser in action. It was a tank which was, at its best, immobile in ambush, when its killing power was very frightening."
- Douglas Orgill, "German Armor"

The German Waffenamt issued an order to design the VK4501(H) (as the PzKpfw VI Ausf E was then known) in May 1941, just one month prior to the commencement of Operation Barbarossa. Interestingly, Henschel und Sohn of Kassel was charged with building the heavily armored chassis while Krupp, by far the largest munitionwerks in Germany, was given the task of developing the turret. The PzKpfw VI Ausfuhrung E (type E) was one of the first German tanks to feature a torsion bar with eight interleaved wheels, which was designed to support the mammoth 57-ton tank. The Ausf E mounted a huge 8.8cm KwK36 L/56 cannon and featured two MG34 machine guns for close support against enemy infantry. By war's end, 1,354 vehicles had been produced, some rolling off the Wegmann assembly line.

This particular 1:50 scale replica of a German Tiger I Ausf H (Type H) heavy tank, which was attached to 1.SS Panzer Division, saw action along the vast Russian front. Panzer ace SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Michael Wittmann commanded this Tiger at Berdichev, Russia during January 1944. He ended the war with a score of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns destroyed. Sold Out!

Dimensions:
Width: 2-inches
Length: 4-1/2-inches

Release Date: December 2005

Historical Account: "Comes the Destroyer" - On January 13th, 1944, the following radio broadcast was made by the Ministry of Propaganda to the German people. "From July of 1943 to the beginning of January 1944, Michael Wittmann's tank destroyed 56 enemy armored fighting vehicles, including many T-34s and super-heavy self-propelled guns. On January 8th and 9th, he and his platoon halted and destroyed several breakthrough attempts being made by a Soviet tank brigade, and in that battle, he destroyed a further ten vehicles. On January 13th, nineteen T-34s and three super-heavy self-propelled guns were also destroyed. His total now stands at 88 tanks and self-propelled guns."

One week later, Wittmann was promoted to the rank of SS-Obersturmfuhrer, then on January 30th, he received the following telegram from der Fuhrer: "In thankful appreciation of your heroic actions in the battle for the future of our people, I award you, as the 380th soldier of the German Wehrmacht, the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Adolf Hitler."

Several days later, Wittmann received the Oak Leaves to the Knights Cross at the Fuhrerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze ("Wolves Lair") located in Rastenburg, East Prussia.

Features
  • Diecast construction
  • Working vinyl treads
  • Rotating turret
  • Elevating gun
  • Accurate markings and insignia

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