Elefant Sd.Kfz. 184 Heavy Tank Destroyer s.Pz.Jg.Abt. 614 Poland 1944

Product Dimensions: 4.45 x 1.85 x 1.62 in.

Model History and Information: Ferdinand was built from ninety-one Porsche Tiger hulls left over after the Henschel design won the Tiger contract. Its long 8.8 cm Pak 43/2 gave it extraordinary range and penetration, while the 65-ton chassis made recovery and close infantry protection difficult. Eighty-nine went into the Kursk offensive in July 1943, where mines, breakdowns and infantry attacks exposed those weaknesses. Surviving vehicles were rebuilt with a bow machine gun and other changes, then renamed Elefant. Late in 1944 survivors from schwere Panzerjager-Abteilung 653 were consolidated into a new company, s.Pz.Jg.Kp. 614, which held positions near Kielce, Poland, when the Soviet offensive opened on 12 January 1945; its last Elefants later fought in the Berlin street battles of April 1945.

Model Features & Details:

• 1:72 scale Dragon Armor collector display model
• Factory-assembled and factory-painted for display
• Clear display case supplied for storage and presentation
• Small-parts collector item; not intended as a toy
• Elefant / Sd.Kfz. 184 tank-destroyer configuration
• Long 8.8 cm Pak 43 in a fixed casemate
• No rotating turret on the real vehicle type
• Winter whitewash camouflage over the base finish

Packaging: Packaged in a clear display case for protected storage and presentation.