- World War Two
- German
- Ferdinand (name after its designer Ferdinand Porsche) - based on the chassis of the unsuccessful proposal of Porsche Tiger "Tiger(P)"
- armed with 8.8 cm Pak 43/2 L/71 (StuK 43/1)
- destroying Soviet T-34 tanks and 76.2 mm anti-tank guns in the Battle of Kursk
- After the Battle of Kursk, 48 Ferdinand were modified to Elefant
- addition of a ball-mounted MG 34 in the hull front
- new commander's cupola for improved vision
- re-designed armored engine grates for better bullet and shrapnel protection
- application of Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste (Zimmerit was applied until September 1944)
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