Tiger I, mid Prod "Otto Carius" full Interior

The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of the Second World War, used from 1942 onwards.
Normally organised into independent heavy tank battalions.
It provided the German army with its first tank to use the 8.8cm KwK-36 gun (derived from the 8.8cm Flak 36).
1347 examples were built between August 1942 and August 1944.
After August 1944 the production of the Tiger I was stopped in favour of the Tiger II.

Otto Carius (1922 - 2015) was a German tank commander in the Wehrmacht during World War II.
He fought on the Eastern Front in 1943 and 1944 and on the Western Front in 1945.
Carius is considered a "tank ace".
Some sources credit him with destroying more than 150 enemy tanks,
He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.

Plastic model kit

• complete interior included
   
• movable single link tracks
   
• movable torsion bar suspension
   
• photo-etched parts
   
• all hatches can be shown open or closed
   

scale 1:35

unbuilt / unpainted