"King Tiger" Sd.Kfz.182 Henschel Turret w/zimmerit with..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 09 Dec 2016 11:07 a.m. PST |
… interior on the scale 1/35 from "TAKOM" link
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| GarrisonMiniatures | 09 Dec 2016 11:36 a.m. PST |
For me, it's Porche turret or nothing. Lot more style. |
| Disco Joe | 09 Dec 2016 11:45 a.m. PST |
Rob, they also make a Porsche turret version. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 09 Dec 2016 12:54 p.m. PST |
Always struck me as odd – Porche made what, 90 chassises for his version and about 45 turrets? So the Henschel was delayed, so they used Porsche turrets on early production King Tigers. Meanwhile they used the Porsche chassis to make the Elefant… so, why not put the 'right' turret on the 'right' chassis in the first place? |
| SAMURAIFREDDY | 15 Dec 2016 4:19 a.m. PST |
Porsche made 90 chassis for their version of the Tiger I , not II , in advance of the contract awarding as Mr. Ferdinand was so sure they0d get it from Wermacht which instead awarded it to Henschel for their version of the Tiger I. At the end Hitler wanted the Porsche 90 chassis to be converted into a Panzerjager with the new 88 L71 gun design. The Tiger II turret design was awarded to Porsche actually but after the first production Tiger II were employed in battle it was found that the rounded turret front shape lower section acted as a "bullet trap" form A/T projectiles so the Henschel design, les fancy than Porsche but with e better front shape was adopted instead after the first 50 Tiger II produced. |
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checks out some 10/15mm railroad tracks for wargaming.
