Italeri - 1/56 Sd. Kfz. 186 Jagdtiger #15770  [IT-15770]

The powerful Sd.Kfz. 186 “Jagdtiger” wound up being built on the elongated hull of this Tiger II heavy tank into the second phases of Second World War. Inside its mighty casemate finished up being the 128 mm PaK 44 cannon, armed with shells that could pierce the armour of opposing enemy tanks. This self-propelled ‘tank buster’ had been implemented efficiently and lethally against possibly the of late introduced Soviet hefty tanks including the IS-2. The Jagdtiger had a huge fat of nearly 76 tons. The big cannon and hefty armour whilst effective, cannot outweigh the indegent manoeuvrability and low prices of automobile in battle. The significant fat impacted its reliability, and production volumes was in fact also restricted. Nevertheless the Jagdtiger for the unpleasant capability alone, ranks because high point of German production of self-propelled tank destroyers during World War 2.