280016 - Tiger I Ausf E daiken The SdKfz 251/9

The SdKfz 251/9

Soviet firing tests against a captured Tiger in April 1943 showed that the T-34’s 76 mm gun could not penetrate the front of the Tiger I at all

The 5cm PaK 38 (L/60) (5cm Panzerabwehrkanone 38 (L/60)) was first used by the German forces in April 1941

although the low velocity of the projectile limited its range

itself a quite modern divisional artillery piece

280016 - Tiger I Ausf E daiken The SdKfz 251/9Plastic Kit ABS Cement Required Tiger I (designated as Sd. Kfz. 181) is the common name of a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E, often shortened to Tiger. It was an answer to the unexpectedly impressive Soviet armour encountered in the initial months of the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, particularly the T 34 and the KV 1. The Tiger I gave the