• Diecast metal and plastic construction.
• Hatches open.
• Upper chassis is metal.
• 1:72nd scale.

From the Manufacturer --------------------- 80078 German Jagdtiger – 512nd s. Panzerjäger-Abteilung – Germany, 1945 (1:32 Scale) New Paint. Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger") is the common name of a German tank destroyer of WWII. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B. The ornce inventory designation was Sd. Kfz. 186. It saw service in small numbers from late 1944 to the end of the war on both the Western and Eastern Front. The Jagdtiger was the heaviest armoured fighting vehicle operationally used during WWII. Due to an excessive weight the Jagdtiger was continuously plagued with mechanical problems. In early 1942 a request was made by the Army General Staff to a 128 mm on a self-propelled armoured chassis. On May 18, 1942 Adolf Hitler ordered that the 128 mm be utilized in the tank destroyer role, rather than for infantry support. By early 1943 a decision was made to install a 128 mm on a Tiger II chassis as a heavy assault . Two prototypes were produced; a version with the eight road wheel Porsche suspension system (number 305001) and a version with the Henschel nine overlapping wheel suspension system (number 305002), as used on the production Tiger II. It was originally designated as Jagdpanzer VI, but was later named the Jagdtiger. It received the inventory ornce number Sd. Kfz. 186. The Jagdtiger used a boxy casemate superstructure, with its sides completely integral with the hull's sides, on top of a lengthened Tiger II chassis. The resulting vehicle featured very heavy armour and the 128 mm PaK 44 L/55 , capable of defeating any tank fielded in WWII, even at very long ranges (over 3,500 m (2.2 mi)). It had 250 mm (9.8 in) armour on the front of the casemate and 150 mm (5.9 in) on the glacis plate. The main had a limited traverse of only 10 degrees; the entire vehicle had to be turned to outside that narrow field of fire.