Elefant
3.Kompagnie, sPzJgrAbt.653
Russia 1944
(Dragon Models 60023)
- Weight: 65 tons
- Dimensions: 26'8" x 11'1" x 9'9"
- Crew: 6
- Power Plant: 2 x Maybach HL120 TRM gasoline 600 PS; 592hp
- Armor: 25-200mm
- Speed: 19 mph
- Armament: 1-88mm Pak 43/2 L/71; 1-7.92mm MG34
- Notes: One of 91 heavy tank destroyers built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand using tank hulls produced for Ferdinand Porsche's design for the Tiger I before the competing Henschel design was selected. Following their use at the Battle of Kursk, the surviving units received modifications and upgrades, noticeably an MG for close-in defense, and were renamed Elefant.
48 Elefants were assigned to the three companys of schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653, sPzJgrAbt 653, serving in Italy and on the Eastern Front.
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