Nashorn - Lego compatible COBI 2517 - WWII kit - 580 brick tank destroyer - SET NUOVO German Tank Destroyer of the Second World War. This model belongs to 3./s.Pz.Jg.Abt.88 unit identified by the heart decal.
At first named Hornisse ('hornet'), the Nashorn ('rhinoceros') was basically the Pak 43 heavy anti-tank gun mounted on a light chassis with only light armour and rather a high profile.
But it remained in production until the war's end due to low production cost and high mobility and it's ability to destroy any Allied tank at long range. 473 were built.
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