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ZHTiger Heavy Tank
- Numbering:
- 97008
- Scale:
- No data
- Recommend Age:
- 10+
- Pieces:
- 2000
- Brick Size:
- Normal size
- Material:
- Eco-friendly ABS plastic
About this set
This Tiger Heavy Tank variant uses 2,000 compatible bricks with subtle tooling differences from sets 97009/97013—another 88 mm mantlet and interleaved wheel stack for ages 10+. Ideal for battalion displays needing three Tigers with distinct part maps. Eco-friendly ABS keeps photography consistent under the same lighting. Collectors chasing completeness appreciate how manufacturers revisit icons with new moulds rather than endless decal swaps.
Historical background
Tiger I production spanned Henschel and Porsche-influenced batches with incremental armour and travel lock tweaks. Regimental records rarely matter to hobbyists, but modellers notice hatch shapes and jack placements. Brick variants encode that factory drift—teaching that ‘Tiger’ was a family of assemblies, not one frozen blueprint, even as propaganda sold a single invincible image.