If you know what this is, you already know why you need it.

This is the product that separates the collectors from the collectors.

The Strabokran — Straßen-Bock-Kran, "street gantry crane" — was a 16-ton portable gantry crane used by German field maintenance units to perform heavy repair work on tanks and armored vehicles. Swap a Tiger I engine in the field? Strabokran. Lift a Panther turret for transmission access? Strabokran. Pull a damaged final drive assembly out of a King Tiger at a forward repair depot? Strabokran.

Without this crane, German heavy armor didn't function. A Tiger I engine weighed roughly 700 kilograms. A Panther turret weighed several tonnes. No field workshop could handle that kind of weight without a dedicated heavy-lift crane. The Strabokran was the piece of equipment that kept the Panzers running — the unglamorous, never-photographed, never-celebrated machine that every maintenance crew depended on and every combat crew prayed was waiting for them at the rear-area workshop.

Otto Carius — the Tiger ace — always spoke with enormous respect for his maintenance crews. He knew what every tanker knew: the mechanics who kept the engines running and the transmissions turning were as important to the war as the men who pulled the trigger. The Strabokran was their primary tool. Without it, a broken Tiger stayed broken.

This is the most niche, most enthusiast-specific product in the BrixKrieg catalog. It's not a tank. It's not a plane. It's not a figure. It's the machine that kept the tanks alive. And at 2,803 pieces and 18 inches tall, it's also one of the most ambitious builds we've ever offered.

If you're the kind of builder who looks at a Tiger on your shelf and thinks "what maintained that thing in the field?" — this is your answer.

What you're building:

• 2,803 pieces in 1:28 scale — one of our largest builds, period
• 18 inches tall. 14 inches wide. This crane has serious presence alongside your armor
• 9 figures included — a full maintenance crew, because it took a team to operate this equipment
• Operational winch mechanism — functional lifting gear
• Pairs perfectly with any Tiger, Panther, King Tiger, or Elefant in the Heritage Line — display mid-engine swap for the ultimate diorama
• The build that tells the story nobody else tells: the men who kept the Panzers running

⚠️ HEADS UP — STICKER APPLICATION:
This kit uses stickers for select markings and identification. We want you to know up front before you order. No surprises when the box arrives.