Dragon Armor Elefant Tank Hunter/Destroyer, Russia/Poland 1944 - Special Edition 

No. 60053, Vintage year - 2005, Scale - 1:72

Unit - Schwere Panzerjager Abt. 653- this unit was formed along with Abt. 654 in Bruck, Germany in preparation for the Kursk Offensive. It later served on the Eastern Front and in Poland. 

Campaign - Russia/Poland 1944

Markings - green with tan and brown camouflage and zimmerit with No. 232 in black and white with cross on lower hull. 

Model - the Panzerjager Tiger (P) Elefant (Sd. Kfz.184) was a tank hunter of the German Wehrmacht. They were originally named Ferdinands after their designer, Ferdinand Porsche. The chassis was created from the Tiger I Porsche models and suspension consisted of six twin bogies with longitudinal torsion bars. The vehicle had an 88 mm Pak 43/2 L/71 gun which had a longer muzzle and higher muzzle velocity than the L/56 Flak 18 and 36 guns. But the gun had limitations regarding traverse and elevation. Another weakness involved suspension/powertrain in addition to the lack of a turret machine gun and thus vulnerability to infantry anti-tank attack. Model comes with zimmerit to help repel Soviet mines, satchel charges and other close attacks. Special edition with barrel lock. 

Condition - New with minor shelf wear on cardboard box. 

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