Built from spare Porsche Tiger hulls after Ferdinand Porsche lost the Tiger contract, the Ferdinand carried the same devastating 8.8cm PaK 43 gun and armour thick enough to shrug off most Soviet anti-tank fire at Kursk, but lacked a machine gun and was easy prey for infantry once immobilised. Survivors were rearmed and renamed Elefant in 1944.
Panzerjäger Tiger Elefant tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht in WWII. Restored by and on display at US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland. Photograph taken by Scott Dunham, April 23, 2009.Scott Dunham · CC BY 3.0 · sourceNettuno Köprübaşı saldırısında mayını basıp terkedilen 653. Ağır Tank İmha Edici Taburu 1. Bölüğüne bağlı Başçavuş Gustav Koß komutasındaki "Elefant" (İtalya, 29 Şubat 1944)Vack · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · sourcePanzerjäger Tiger Elefant tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht in WWII. Restored by and on display at US Army Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, Maryland. Photograph taken by Scott Dunham, April 23, 2009.Scott Dunham · CC BY 3.0 · source
