Ukraine 1944 ▶ Eastern Front Combat - Tank “Tiger I“ / Jagdpanzer “Ferdinand Elefant“ / Nebelwerfer

158 Ukraine 1944 ▶ Eastern Front - Tank “Tiger I“ / Jagdpanzer “Ferdinand Elefant“ / Nebelwerfer German History Archive ▶ Panzerjäger Tiger (P) „Ferdinand“, später Suggestivname: „Elefant“, (. 184) Based on a design by Ferdinand Porsche, the Elefant was an improvisation - albeit a heavily armored one - and followed the light tank destroyers Marder I, II and III, which were only provisionally built on various chassis. Porsche had had 100 chassis built for his Tiger prototype VK (P); however, his sample was rejected in favor of Henschel’s design (Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger) in October 1942, so there was no use for the 91 remaining chassis for the time being. In February 1943, Adolf Hitler ordered that these running gears be used as the basis for a tank destroyer. A special feature of the vehicle was its gasoline-electric drive: two generators powered by gasoline engines sup