Barcode: 0 89195 60053 0
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.2"x3.1"x3.7"
1/72 Elefant, Sd.Kfz. 184, sPzJgAbt 653, Russia/Poland 1944, w/Zimmerit
Based on the hull of the Tiger (P) and armed with an 88mm gun, the Ferdinand
made its debut at Kursk in 1943. It didn’t fare well due to its bulk and lack
of a secondary armament, and so they were overhauled in late 1943, many of them
going on to serve with sPzJgAbt 653.
This model shows precisely such a vehicle, now armed with a bow machine gun,
and re-designated as an Elefant. This model is realistically painted in a three-tone
camouflage scheme, and wears a finely depicted scale coating of zimmerit, exactly
as the original vehicle appeared in Poland in 1944.
Main Features:
- Accurate Elefant mold with full details
- True-scale model
- Historically accurate 3-tone camouflage
- Detailed and weathered track links
- Includes detailed Zimmerit coating
- Includes display case
More about the Elefant:
The Elefant (Sd.Kfz. 184) was an anti-tank vehicle sometimes called the Ferdinand,
after its designer Mr. Ferdinand Porsche.
Ninety Elefanten were manufactured in just a few months during mid-1943. It
was first deployed during the Battle of Kursk and, though destroying 320 Russian
tanks, performed very poorly in other respects: many units broke down and they
proved dangerously vulnerable to infantry, lacking a machine gun. They went
on to serve in Italy in 1944 and the final units were involved in the Battle
of Berlin.
