| James
Porsche did have 60 to 80 chassies already built, being that confidant of winning the order for the new 45 ton tank. But loosing it, Porsche was left, stuck with them.
So thay were converted from the 45 ton into the 65ton Tiger (P) Elephant ? or Ferdinand, named after Mr Porsche himself. They too were found not up to scratch even with its bolt on 200mm thick frontal armour and the long-barrelled 88mm gun.
In Russia, Kursk, the Russian ground troops found them easy to Knock out at close range, with the Malakoff cocktail. The tank was lacking close quarter weapons.
so some were used in Italy and others were made into Bergetiger.
I'm not sure, but I think it was one of the first tanks to be powerd by electric motors. Two maybach engines of 320hp through a generator to two electric motors, one for each independently driven track.
On paper, it was the dogs round bits, but in reality it seems it was a failure. |