{"product_id":"herpa-743440-select","title":"Tiger II Porsche Turret","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eTiger II with Porsche Turret Panzer VI, is a misnomer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eWhile the Roco catalog has called this the Porsche turret, the turret was actually made by Krupp, but intended for a hull designed by Porsche.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs it turned out Krupp made fifty turrets, but the Porsche hull design was not accepted for service.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eNot wanting to waste the already manufactured turrets, these so called Porsche turrets were placed on the hull designed by Henschel.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThese tanks were 70 tons, heavily armored and carrying an 88mm L\/71 gun.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe official unit organization was three platoons of four tanks each, and two headquarters vehicles for a company total of fourteen tanks. A battalion consisted of three companies. Both tank types were used together and the earlier Porsche turret version was often mixed with the earlier Tiger I tank. Later production Tiger II tanks used a new turret, also designed by Krupp, on the same Henschel chassis.\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThis HO scale model Minitank is all plastic and easy to assemble.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herpa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36436382417050,"sku":"743440 Select","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/4654\/8890\/products\/0133_274x119_ece065de-40ca-4088-b170-ab475a5e8deb.jpg?v=1631600504","url":"https:\/\/www.fidelismodels.com\/products\/herpa-743440-select","provider":"Fidelis Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}