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THIS PRODUCT IS IN-STOCK AND READY TO SHIP. PLEASE NOTE:
This is an Out of Production and Hard to Find Dragon Armor Elephant SPECIAL VERSION diecast armor model. |
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| Dragon Armor Elephant "SPECIAL VERSION", 3. Kompanie sPzJgAbt. 653, Russia 1944, #60023 | PLEASE NOTE: The SPECIAL VERSION will have gun barrel support up in the travel position as shown in picture.
• Type of Model: Pre-Assembled Diecast Model
• Year of Release: 2003
• Scale: 1:72 Scale
• Product Attributes: High Quality, Detailed, Accurate to Scale, Painted
• Type of Display Case: Black Plastic Base with Clear Acrylic Cover
Brand new, unopened, mint in box condition; PLEASE NOTE that all product packaging and boxes will have some shelf ware and may have minor imperfections like creases, folds, indentions or small tears in the boxes. |
| About the Elephant (Ferdinand):
The Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Elefant (Sd.Kfz. 184) was a Panzerjäger (tank hunter) of the German Wehrmacht in World War II. They were originally built under the name Ferdinand, after their designer, Ferdinand Porsche.
All but two of the 91 available Ferdinands were put to use in the Battle of Kursk, the first combat the Ferdinand saw. Although they destroyed 320 Russian tanks, they performed quite poorly in other respects. Within the first 4 days nearly half of the vehicles were down, many units suffered from technical difficulties. Lacking good local defense, they proved dangerously vulnerable to infantry, especially sapper teams operating at close range.
In September 1943 all surviving Ferdinands were recalled to be modified based on battle experience gained in the Battle of Kursk. During October/November1943 forty-eight of the fifty surviving vehicles were modified by addition of a ball-mounted MG 34 in the hull front (a major design flaw causing many losses in Kursk), a commander's cuppola (modified from the standard StuG III cuppola) for improved vision and the application of Zimmerit paste. These and other minor armor changes increased the weight from 65 to 70 Tons.
These improved vehicles were then unofficially called Elefant, this became the official name by Hitler's orders of May 1, 1944. While the modifications improved the vehicles, some problems could never be fully fixed. In 1944, the Elefants served on the Italian front but were rendered rather ineffective, their weight of nearly 70 tons didn't allow them to use most Italian roads and bridges. Due to a permanent lack of spare parts most of the units were not destroyed in battle but abandoned and blown up by their own crews. The last surviving vehicles were in combat at Zossen during the Battle of Berlin. |
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