My dad got me this model a few days ago.
It's a 1/43 replica of a real newbielink:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerkampfwagen_VI_Tiger
[nonactive] (number 312) that belonged to the newbielink:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwere_Panzer-Abteilung_505
[nonactive] and fought for the first time in the newbielink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kursk
[nonactive].
This Panzer division was created in February 1943 and was disbanded when Nazi Germany surrendered. It was mainly composed of Tiger and Tiger II tanks and fought in several battles in the Eastern Front, such as the aforementioned Battle of Kursk, where it destroyed 111 enemy tanks. The schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 also took part in defensive battles in Lithuania and East Prussia against the Red Army. The division also fought in Poland (e.g. Warsaw) in 1944, so maybe Tenkay/Flyingpad knows more about this Panzer division. The remains of the division made a last stand in Königsberg in 1945, but the Soviets captured the remaining tanks near the Baltic coast and conquered Königsberg, now known as newbielink:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliningrad
[nonactive].
And now, as a reward for reading this history lesson, here you have a few pictures of the real Tiger number 312. Note the knight riding a horse that is painted on the tank's turret. It's the 505th division's insignia.




I guess they liked horses a lot. :P
Btw, here's the link to the gallery where I found the pictures.
newbielink:http://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/germany/tanks-2-3/tiger-tank/
[nonactive]So many Tigers!