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In 1941 Henschel and
Ferdinand Porsche both submitted designs for a new German Heavy Tank. The
Henschel version proved superior and The Tiger Tank became what we know today.
Porsche was so convinced he would receive the contract he had already began
building 80 Porsche “Tiger”, so what to do with the Chassis
stock. The result was the self-propelled gun, firstly the Ferdinand then
later called the Elefant as seen here. The chassis utilised a petrol engine
to power 2 giant electric motors that drove the rear sprockets, and mounting
the formidable 88mm gun in a huge “box”. At 79 tons it was not
successful, being very ponderous and not very manoeuvrable, fortunately the
1/6th version, like all our models far out performs the real one.
1/6 scale Elefant 46” long by 22” wide
by 20” tall, 52” long with gun up to 95kgs. Prices from
£3200. Email sales@mark-1-tank.co.uk for
prices with options, detail level and 12v or 24v power. |
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