Elefant Heavy Self Propelled Gun

The Elefant, designated Sd Kfz 184, was designed with the Tiger (P) chassis as the basis. Mounting a 8.8cm KwK Pak43/2 L/71. The initial delivery of 90 vehicles were ready by the end of May 1943 and were used in the summer offensive at Kursk. Initial vehicles, known as Ferdinand, had no secondary armament but this was later add in the form of a hull 7.92mm MG34 and produced as the Elefant. The Elefant was produced between 1944 and 1945.

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