Panzerkampfwagen Tiger

Achtung Panzer No. 6
Mitsuru Bitoh
Dai Nippon Kaiga, 1999
ISBN 4-449-22706-2
156 pages

The Tiger tank is one of the most famous World War Two German tanks, and with good reason. A powerful gun and strong armor made for a formidable weapon. This book takes a good look at the Tiger tank and has two main parts to it. The first few pages are filled with photos of representative tanks of the different Tiger units. These are nice, big clear photos with both Japanese and English captions.

The next section starts looking at the Tiger tank in detail. For each main variant, a detailed three-view drawing is provided, and the rest of the pages are filled with sketches of individual parts of the Tiger tank. These drawings are balanced out with photos of original or restored Tiger tanks, providing you with the most complete reference of just about anything relating to the Tiger tank. The book includes drawings and photos for the Tiger I, Sturmtiger, Ferdinand, Elefant, Tiger II (both the Porsche and Henschel turrets) and the Jagdtiger.

If you're wanting to build a Tiger tank in any scale, this is definitely a book you'll want to get!

Available from Hobby Link Japan for 3900 yen.