Elefant
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Elefant was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Panzerjäger during World War II. Ninety-one units were built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand using VK 45.01 (P) tank hulls which had been produced for the Tiger I tank before the competing Henschel design had been selected.
Restored Elefant at the United States Army Ordnance Training and Heritage Center
A disabled Elefant in Italy, 1944
On the Anzio front, March 1944
The United States Army Ordnance Training Support Facility's restored Elefant
8.8 cm Pak 43
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The Pak 43 was a German 88 mm anti-tank gun developed by Krupp in competition with the Rheinmetall 8.8 cm Flak 41 anti-aircraft gun and used during World War II. The Pak 43 was the most powerful anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht to see service in significant numbers, also serving in modified form as the 8.8 cm KwK 43 main gun on the Tiger II tank, the open-top Nashorn and fully enclosed, casemate-hulled Elefant and Jagdpanther tank destroyers.
8.8 cm Pak 43/41 on display at a weapons show on the northern sector of the Eastern Front in 1943.
Pak 43/41 in firing position overlooking a river in Ukraine in September 1943
Pak 43 on cruciform mount, in towing configuration
8.8 cm Pak 43/41 at US Army Ordnance Museum