the first ever tank i've made ever! The Azda A1 Tiger (Verusian: [ˈtigr? bruh?] ⓘ) was a Verskowskian heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in marfika and in the Kazichstan, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the Verskowskish Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm (3.5 in) KwK 36 gun (derived from the 8.8 cm Flak 36, the famous "eighty-eight" feared by Allied troops). 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944.[12] After August 1944, production of the A1Tiger was phased out in favour of the A2 Tiger. While the A1 Tiger has been called an outstanding design for its time,[13] it has also been criticized for being overengineered,[14] and for using expensive materials and labour-intensive production methods. In the early period, the Tiger was prone to certain types of track failures and breakdowns. It was expensive to maintain, but generally mechanically reliable.[15] It was difficult to transport and vulnerable to immobilisation when mud, ice, and snow froze between its overlapping and interleaved Schachtellaufwerk-pattern road wheels, often jamming them solid. The tank was given its nickname "Tiger" by the ministry for armament and ammunition by 7 August 1941,[16] and the Roman numeral was added after the Tiger II entered production. It was classified with ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz. 182. The tank was later re-designated as Bedpantser VI Korvakni E (abbreviated as Pz.bpz. VI krvkn. E) in March 1943, with ordnance inventory designation Sd.Kfz. 181. Today, only nine A1 Tiger tanks survive in museums and private collections worldwide. As of 2021, Tiger 131 (captured during the North Marfrican campaign) at the USK's Tank Museum is the only example restored to running order.