{"product_id":"tirpitz","title":"Tirpitz - Bismarck Class Battleship | 1:300 Scale","description":"\u003ch3 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eKMS Tirpitz — Bismarck-Klasse Schlachtschiff\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe loneliest battleship of the war. And the most dangerous ship that almost never fired a shot.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eTirpitz\u003c\/strong\u003e was the Bismarck's sister — same class, same guns, same 823-foot hull, same eight 38 cm SK C\/34 main guns in four twin turrets. On paper, she was identical. In practice, her war was the opposite of the Bismarck's in every way.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Bismarck broke into the Atlantic, sank the Hood, and was hunted down in nine days of glory and destruction. The Tirpitz spent most of the war \u003cstrong\u003ehiding in Norwegian fjords\u003c\/strong\u003e — and that's exactly what made her dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Royal Navy called her \u003cstrong\u003e\"The Lone Queen of the North.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e As long as the Tirpitz existed, the British had to keep capital ships in home waters to counter the possibility that she might sortie into the Atlantic and tear apart the convoy routes. She didn't have to fight. She just had to \u003cstrong\u003eexist\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her mere presence in Norway tied down British battleships, carriers, cruisers, and destroyers that were desperately needed elsewhere. The Tirpitz was a fleet-in-being — a strategic weapon that worked by threatening to act rather than acting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe British tried to kill her over and over again. \u003cstrong\u003eOperation Source\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1943 sent midget submarines into the fjord — they damaged her badly. The Fleet Air Arm launched multiple strikes with Barracuda bombers. RAF Bomber Command sent Lancasters carrying 12,000-pound Tallboy bombs — the same earthquake bombs designed by Barnes Wallis to destroy hardened targets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn \u003cstrong\u003eNovember 12, 1944\u003c\/strong\u003e, two direct Tallboy hits from 617 Squadron — the Dambusters — finally capsized the Tirpitz at her mooring in Tromsø. She rolled over and sank, taking roughly \u003cstrong\u003e1,000 men\u003c\/strong\u003e with her. She had never fought a major surface engagement. She had never entered the Atlantic. And she had consumed more British military resources than any single German warship afloat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Tirpitz proved something that naval strategists still study today: \u003cstrong\u003ea warship doesn't have to fire to change the war. It just has to be too dangerous to ignore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNow you can build the Bismarck's sister. And put them side by side.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you're building:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2,738 pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1:300 scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e33 inches long. 5 inches wide. 10 inches tall.\u003c\/strong\u003e Nearly three feet of Bismarck-class battleship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe full Tirpitz silhouette — four twin 38 cm turrets Anton, Bruno, Caesar, and Dora, the secondary battery, the superstructure, the Norwegian-era configuration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecially molded pieces throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplay stand included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo crew figures included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⚠️ HEADS UP — STICKER APPLICATION:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis kit uses \u003cstrong\u003estickers\u003c\/strong\u003e for select markings and identification. We want you to know up front before you order. No surprises when the box arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BrixKrieg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089981395243,"sku":"KMS_TRPTZ","price":209.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/0155\/9851\/files\/TIRPITZ.png?v=1790315583","url":"https:\/\/brixkrieg.com\/products\/tirpitz","provider":"BrixKrieg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}