Front view of Panzerjäger Tiger (P) mit 8.8 PaK 42/2 (L/71)

Front view of Panzerjäger Tiger (P) mit 8.8 PaK 42/2 (L/71)
Here we see a front view of the Panzerjäger Tiger (P) mit 8.8 PaK 42/2 (L/71)/ 'Ferdinand'/ 'Elefant', a massive tank destroyer built on the chassis of the failed Porsche Tiger. This example has been captured by the Soviets, and the size is well illustrated by the soldier standing in front of the massive vehicle.
German Tank Destroyers, Pierre Tiquet. An excellent collection of photographs of the main German tank destroyers of the Second World War, with a somewhat less satisfactory text that wanders between excellent sections analysis the performance of the vehicles and otheres that can be rather too congratulationary in tone and appears to use wartime Nazi propaganda for many of its eyewitness accounts, without explaining where each source came from. (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (1 October 2018), Front view of Panzerjäger Tiger (P) mit 8.8 PaK 42/2 (L/71) , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_ferdinand_front.html

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