Military Tuesday : Tiger I Renders by Kyoshi Harada

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008, 12:00 amRoys

Japanese 3D military modeller Kyoshi Harada has updated his Polygon Model site recently with cutaway renders of arguably the most well-known German tank of WWII - the PzKpfw VI Tiger I in sand-brown colours. According to PanzerAce, This particular Tiger I is commanded by SS-Unterscharführer Willi Otterbein of the 1st Company of the 101st (Heavy) SS Panzer Battalion. The famous tank ace Michael Wittmann was the commander of the 2nd company of this same battalion.

While I’ve seen event more detailed diagrams of the Tiger in books, these renders are probably some of the best that you’ll find online plus they’re rendered in sufficiently high detail (especially the turret) for identifying stuff like the armoured periscopes for the gunner and commander as well as appreciating the size of the Maybach HL230 engine and the massive breech of the 88mm KwK 36 L/56 cannon of the Tiger I. The stowage areas for the cannon rounds are also shown clearly in these renders.