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NAME: Panzerjager JAGDTIGER
SCALE: 1:35
BASE KIT: TAMIYA 35295
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN | GERMANY |
No BUILT | 88 |
WEIGHT | 71.7 tonnes |
INTRODUCED IN SERVICE | 1944 |
ARMOR | max. 250 mm |
MAIN ARMAMENT | 128mm Pak 44L/55 |
ENGINE | V12 Maybach HL230- 700hp |
RANGE | 120 km |
TOP SPEED | 34 km/h on road |
CREW | 6 |
The Strongest, Last Tiger
In early 1943, the Russian army emerged victorious at the Battle of Stalingrad and launched counterattacks against German forces all along the Easter Front. Faced with increasing numbers of improved Russian tanks such as the T-34, German frontline units called for a self-propelled gun that could knock out enemy tanks from 3km away, and Henschel began development of a heavy tank destroyer. The design matched the Maus super-heavy tank's main gun with a chassis that was 30cm longer than the King Tiger. Two prototypes were ready by February 1944 and were officially named Jagdtiger. The 75 ton vehicle had a fixed superstructure with 250mm frontal and 80mm side armor with a 128mm Pak 44 L/55 gun which could penetrate 148mm of armor at 2km. It used the same 700hp Maybach HL230-P30 liquid-cooled V-12 engine as the King Tiger and had a torsion bar suspension featuring steel-rimmed road wheels with integrated rubber shock absorbers. Over 80 Jagdtigers were produced, 10 of which were fitted with the distinctive Porsche suspension. They were deployed to the 653rd and 512th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalions (s.Pz.Jg.Abt) and first saw action during the Ardennes Offensive in December 1944.
From January 1945, they mainly fought against Allied forces in western Germany, demonstrating their ability to knock out Sherman tanks from a distance of 3km. Although many broke down and were abandoned due to mechanical problems, Jagdtigers fought on until the end of the war and became known as the most powerful AFV of WWII.
