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Model - Tracks for TIGER I initial type - Friulmodel ATL-116
The Tiger I (Tiger), a diminutive of Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf-hrung E - Sonderkraftfahrzeug 181, a German heavy tank in service from 1942 to 1945, is one of the best known tanks of the Second World War, although it was produced little compared to the Soviet T-34 or the American Sherman.
It is its dimensions, its very square lines, its resistance to combat, its power as well as the experienced crews that led to the fire that have marked the spirits, especially because of the German propaganda.
Its development began in 1937 and, when it first appeared on the front line, on August 29, 1942, near Leningrad, the Tiger I is the most technically advanced, best protected and most powerful tank aligned by the Axis, displaying limited but exceptional mobility for a craft that is more than twice the weight of its predecessors and the majority of its tracked opponents. But the heavy tank, in addition to its low production, suffered throughout its career from its very fragile mechanics greatly reducing its availability to fire, and which, with its low autonomy and excessive weight, complicated its operational implementation.
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