Russian T34/76 1943 Tank Kit – Tamiya 35059 – plastic model kit – 1/35 scale

In « Operation Citadel », the last huge-scale « T-34/76 Tank 1943 Model » after the year 1943 staged severe tank-to-tank fighting against new and powerful German tanks such as the « Panther » and « Tiger ». In the Prokhorovka area, T-34 tanks of 1943 model in the 181st Guard Tank Brigade under the Russian Fifth Tank Army fought against Tiger tanks of the picked German SS Tank Divisions « Adolf Hitler » and « Das Reich », and this was the largest-scale tank-to-tank fighting ever staged during the WWII. If the T-34 tank of 1942 model could be called « Stalingrad », the excellent 1943 model well claimed the name of « Kursk ».