Hobby Master 1/56 COMBAT SERIES INFRARED HR0102 - Tiger I Early Production, No.213 'Albert Kerscher' |
Albert Kerscher:
Albert Kerscher was best known for his actions at Malinava where along with Otto Carius
the two Tiger Is attacked a Soviet advance tank group. Since there was only one main
street the two decided that only their tanks would attack keeping six Tigers in reserve.
During the attack Kerscher noticed two T-34s beginning to rotate their turrets so he fired
destroying both. During the twenty-minute encounter Kerscher and Carius managed to
destroy seventeen T-34s and JS-1s. Kerscher scored 100+ kills, ranked twelfth in the
tank ace list and was awarded the Knight’s Cross 10/23/1944.
The Tiger I:
With approximately 200 early Tiger Is being produced before upgrading to the mid
production version, the legendary fear factor of these machines was born. The Allies had
nothing like the Tiger I on the battlefield and it reigned supreme for the first part of WWII.
Thick frontal and side armor made it almost impossible to destroy and there were many
accounts of a Tiger being hit 10 times and it still fought on. It wasn’t until the weakness of
Tiger’s light rear armor was discovered that it became less of a threat and could be dealt
with.
Tiger I specifications:
Weight: 69.8 tonnes
Length: 7.62 m, 10.286 m including the length of the gun
Width: 3/755 m
Height: 3.09 m
Crew: 5
Armour: 180 mm frontal
80 mm side
Main firepower: 88 mm KwK 43 L/71
Secondary firepower: 2X7.92 mm MG
Engine: V12 Maybach HL 230 P30, 700 hp
Suspension: torsion bar
Operational range: 170 km
Speed: 41.5 km/h
Albert Kerscher was best known for his actions at Malinava where along with Otto Carius
the two Tiger Is attacked a Soviet advance tank group. Since there was only one main
street the two decided that only their tanks would attack keeping six Tigers in reserve.
During the attack Kerscher noticed two T-34s beginning to rotate their turrets so he fired
destroying both. During the twenty-minute encounter Kerscher and Carius managed to
destroy seventeen T-34s and JS-1s. Kerscher scored 100+ kills, ranked twelfth in the
tank ace list and was awarded the Knight’s Cross 10/23/1944.
The Tiger I:
With approximately 200 early Tiger Is being produced before upgrading to the mid
production version, the legendary fear factor of these machines was born. The Allies had
nothing like the Tiger I on the battlefield and it reigned supreme for the first part of WWII.
Thick frontal and side armor made it almost impossible to destroy and there were many
accounts of a Tiger being hit 10 times and it still fought on. It wasn’t until the weakness of
Tiger’s light rear armor was discovered that it became less of a threat and could be dealt
with.
Tiger I specifications:
Weight: 69.8 tonnes
Length: 7.62 m, 10.286 m including the length of the gun
Width: 3/755 m
Height: 3.09 m
Crew: 5
Armour: 180 mm frontal
80 mm side
Main firepower: 88 mm KwK 43 L/71
Secondary firepower: 2X7.92 mm MG
Engine: V12 Maybach HL 230 P30, 700 hp
Suspension: torsion bar
Operational range: 170 km
Speed: 41.5 km/h
Hobby Master's HR0102
Presents this German Tiger I Tank (Early Production).
One of the deadliest tanks of WWII, making it feared by all who came in contact with them.
There never were more than approximately 200 early production Tiger I's produced
between November 1942 - June 1943. Early production Tiger I's had very distinctive
features such as large round tube like cupola. Other distinctive features were pistol ports
in the turret and smoke launchers.
Presents this German Tiger I Tank (Early Production).
One of the deadliest tanks of WWII, making it feared by all who came in contact with them.
There never were more than approximately 200 early production Tiger I's produced
between November 1942 - June 1943. Early production Tiger I's had very distinctive
features such as large round tube like cupola. Other distinctive features were pistol ports
in the turret and smoke launchers.
See if you can out maneuver
up to 3 of your friend's tanks
so you can get the proper
angle to fire 3 shots that will
render the opponents tank
immobilized until the battle has
been won and there is only
one survivor.
up to 3 of your friend's tanks
so you can get the proper
angle to fire 3 shots that will
render the opponents tank
immobilized until the battle has
been won and there is only
one survivor.
Features:
Die-Cast
True to Scale (1:56) Size: 114.3mm not including cannon - 152.4mm including cannon x
66.04mm x 53.54 mm
( 4.5in. not including cannon - 6in. including cannon x 2.6in. x 2.1in. )
Highly detailed features
Weathering, cables, tools and insignia ·
Professionally painted
Markings Tampo applied
Fully assembled
Rubber tracks
Individual moving wheels
Turret and cannon can be turned manually.
There is a cannon firing sound with each shot and the barrel has a slight recoil.
Each tank comes with 4 selectable settings so it allows you to have a battle of up to four
tanks at one time.
There are sensors on the tanks so that if you or your opponent's tank is hit 3 times the
tank becomes immobilized and an indicator light comes on.
Tank comes with two micro motors, so the two tracks can be controlled separately, just
like real tank steering. They perform actions like running forward/backward, turning and
climbing inclines.
Each tank requires 3 AAA batteries for the tank, 1 9v for the controller unit
Die-Cast
True to Scale (1:56) Size: 114.3mm not including cannon - 152.4mm including cannon x
66.04mm x 53.54 mm
( 4.5in. not including cannon - 6in. including cannon x 2.6in. x 2.1in. )
Highly detailed features
Weathering, cables, tools and insignia ·
Professionally painted
Markings Tampo applied
Fully assembled
Rubber tracks
Individual moving wheels
Turret and cannon can be turned manually.
There is a cannon firing sound with each shot and the barrel has a slight recoil.
Each tank comes with 4 selectable settings so it allows you to have a battle of up to four
tanks at one time.
There are sensors on the tanks so that if you or your opponent's tank is hit 3 times the
tank becomes immobilized and an indicator light comes on.
Tank comes with two micro motors, so the two tracks can be controlled separately, just
like real tank steering. They perform actions like running forward/backward, turning and
climbing inclines.
Each tank requires 3 AAA batteries for the tank, 1 9v for the controller unit
| THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES |
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