German heavy tank Panzer VI Ausf. B (Tiger II) KÖNIGSTIGER COBI 3113 - World War II 1:35

You know that:

• Ferdinad Porsche, a native of Vratislavice nad Nisou, was involved in the development and designed the combined diesel-electric drive.
• However, the standard Henschel solution with a petrol engine went into series production.
• Several stands were equipped with an extremely high quality and advanced optical sight, which allows to shoot accurately even at long range.
• The KwK 43 L/71 gun was able to penetrate 180mm thick armour at a distance of 500 metres.
• The Royal Tigers were first deployed in August 1944 on the Eastern Front.
• Despite the fact that it was the most powerful tank in World War II, 11 machines were destroyed in combat or stuck in the mud during the first days.
• The TIGER II tank found its competitor only in the Soviet IS-2, or in the Ardennes in the American M26 Pershing tank.
• A total of 492 pieces were produced.
• Production was so complex and expensive that the German economy simply could not produce more of them.
• On May 9, 1945, when the world celebrated the end of the war, there was still fighting in Bohemia near Trebon.
• A group of 3 Tigers tried to break into the American captivity and one command Königstiger was stranded in a waterlogged meadow where it became a local attraction for several weeks.

Technical parameters:

• dimensions: length 10,29 m (7,38 m without gun), width 3,76 m, height 3,09 m
• weight 68 500 kg
• 185 mm frontal armour, 80 mm side, 80 mm rear
• power unit petrol 12 cylinder 23.1 l Maybach HL230 P30 engine with 515 kW
• top speed 38 km/h on the road and 15-20 km/h off-road
• fuel tank capacity 860 l
• 170 km on the road and up to 120 km off-road
• main weapon KwK 43L/71 cannon 88 mm calibre
• secondary weapon 2x machine gun MG 34 calibre 7,92 mm
• crew commander + gunner, loader, driver, radio operator

From Captain N. Körber's diary:

"We wanted to get to the Americans at all costs, knowing what would happen to us if we fell into the hands of the Russians. At Majdalena, the Soviets tried to stop the retreating German troops. We drove right into their backs, but there was no thought of another firefight. Moreover, we weren't even sure exactly where we were and so, in a group of three Königstigers, we very brazenly drove past the frightened Russians a few dozen meters behind their backs. Before they could turn their guns around we were gone. On the way to the town a massive roadblock had been built on the road and we wanted to simply drive around it on the meadow, but it was so waterlogged that our 70 ton tank was hopelessly stuck. We tried for some time to extricate the machine, but we were running out of time."