1:35 German Elefant Sd.Kfz. 184 - ACADEMY

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1:35 German Elefant Sd.Kfz. 184 - ACADEMYThe Elefant was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht Panzerjager during World War II. Ninety one units were built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand, after its designer Ferdinand Porsche, using tank hulls produced for the Tiger I tank design abandoned in favour of a Henschel design. In January to April 1944, Ferdinands received modifications and upgrades. They were renamed Elefant in May 1944. The official German designation was Panzerjager

Otobreda Division of Alenia Difesa and the Defense Vehicles Division of Iveco formed a consortium to develop a new family of wheeled and tracked vehicles for the Italian Army

Its development started in 1990s

manufactured between March 1941 and July 1942

complete with modified main gun

Experience taught valuable lessons on the use of the Sheridan

Just over 300 vehicles were built and they were assigned to four independent battalions

upgraded with a 120 mm smoothbore gun

In addition

ran on two 12V battery-powered motors

built into the hull

2mm ZIS-5 gun

a bilge pump

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