Rare WW2 Footage - Jagdpanzer Elefant - No Music, Pure Sound

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  • German heavy tank destroyer “Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Ferdinand/Elefant“
    Maybach V12 Typ HL 120 TRM / 8,8-cm-PjK 43/2 L/71
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  • @johngray0
    @johngray0 7 місяців тому +94

    thanks for no music. not sure why so many people feel a need to play dj

    • @user-hq1uh1fl2w
      @user-hq1uh1fl2w 3 місяці тому +3

      or a whole orchestra lmao

    • @IllusivePrime
      @IllusivePrime 3 місяці тому +2

      I know. It's the most annoying thing ever. Ruins the whole video for me when they do that.

    • @johngray0
      @johngray0 2 місяці тому

      @@user-hq1uh1fl2w I friggin PLAY in a symphony orchestra and I can't stand that, lol

  • @johnwalsh7256
    @johnwalsh7256 Рік тому +205

    Lack of Panzer Grenadiers was disastrous.

    • @covertops19Z
      @covertops19Z 7 місяців тому +38

      ​@@johnnyjericho8472Okay. BTW, what's your tanker downrange vehicle maintenance and tank gunnery experience?? Or are you just another war thunder keyboard pajama warrior wannabe??🤔😮‍💨

    • @user-xh3wr1do7k
      @user-xh3wr1do7k 7 місяців тому +18

      @@johnnyjericho8472He’s right. If anyone’s the random bot, it’s you.

    • @grabacr1251
      @grabacr1251 7 місяців тому

      ​@@johnnyjericho8472ok random ass clown 🫵🤡

    • @motorrebell
      @motorrebell 7 місяців тому +1

      @@johnnyjericho8472 Ok COMMIE BOT .

    • @00tree
      @00tree 6 місяців тому +10

      Yep. And with the first rendition of this chassis not having a MG for defense against infantry, it was a sitting duck.

  • @Dasreichviking
    @Dasreichviking 7 місяців тому +90

    Most interesting heavy destroyer! I have several miniatures. Not many of these left in the world, only a handful. There was only around a hundred of these built by Porsche, made from their failed tiger design. To shoot the entire tank, had to be moved in the correct direction like the Stug. Originally lacking a heavy machine gun for additional protection. Tank overhaul, a show from long ago restored one of these rare beasts. Last I had heard was in a tank museum on the US east coast. Slow and prone to break downs with lack of spare parts made this thing a nightmare to fix in the field. Zimmerit needed !!!

    • @user-xh3wr1do7k
      @user-xh3wr1do7k 7 місяців тому +7

      I saw that same vehicle when it was on loan to The Tank Museum here in the UK. They had all the Tiger family in one hall except the Sturmtiger.

    • @Dasreichviking
      @Dasreichviking 7 місяців тому +4

      @@user-xh3wr1do7k was thinking Sturm before I read it !!!

    • @unnamedsoldier5446
      @unnamedsoldier5446 7 місяців тому

      i seen all tiger family in kubinka museum even the sturm😊@@user-xh3wr1do7k

    • @Howling.Wilderness.Alaska
      @Howling.Wilderness.Alaska 6 місяців тому +5

      I have the privilege of getting inside one of these back in the 90s..

    • @mikebikekite1
      @mikebikekite1 6 місяців тому +2

      The Stug could traverse it's gun but it was obviously only a limited amount, I think 25 deg.

  • @hansfranklin5070
    @hansfranklin5070 2 роки тому +127

    Awesome fire power at a distance but vulnerable due to it's weight, lack of speed and a fixed turret in close quarters! Cool video!

    • @mikefullwood356
      @mikefullwood356 Рік тому +18

      Also a lack of support vehicles....

    • @user-fw3fq3de3z
      @user-fw3fq3de3z Рік тому +28

      highest kill per loss ratio of all

    • @JensJackson-yp8vs
      @JensJackson-yp8vs 7 місяців тому

      lmao a tank is not meant to fight in close quarters

    • @hansfranklin5070
      @hansfranklin5070 7 місяців тому +2

      @@JensJackson-yp8vs no doubt but lots of things happen that aren't meant to happen on the battlefield!

    • @xzxxx-km4vy
      @xzxxx-km4vy 7 місяців тому

      @@JensJackson-yp8vs You should go back in time and warn the Russians before they launch a ground assault on Grozny

  • @schneetiger9249
    @schneetiger9249 6 місяців тому +37

    Read Roman Toeppel, „Kursk 1943“, it debunked the myth of the Ferdinand/Elephant disappointment at Kursk. As a matter of fact, the Ferdinand was a success, the German troopers loved it and the missing MG was not really a problem because it rarely even encountered enemy infantry.

    • @gusty9053
      @gusty9053 6 місяців тому +8

      It went a bit different though. I think it was Zaloga in the famous "tank talk" they did 6 or 7 years back where he mentioned: it was 50 / 50 affair. Half were manned by ex Marder crews and the other half by ex Stug crews. The Stug ones did well, the ex-Marder ones though that all of a sudden they got an invincible machine and got into trouble. Hence the mixed stories of the Elephant failure vs success, it really depends at what reports you look.

    • @user-ek5on1ip1j
      @user-ek5on1ip1j 6 місяців тому +2

      Вашу хренотень и сейчас уничтожает Русский солдат!

    • @crusher1080
      @crusher1080 5 місяців тому +3

      The thing has a 10:1 kill ratio, it was about as successful as a destroyer could be.

  • @chrisnichols4962
    @chrisnichols4962 7 місяців тому +45

    Mechanically unsound, but deadly as hell on the Russian Steppes.

    • @user-qv3tc8jz8s
      @user-qv3tc8jz8s 7 місяців тому +6

      Но ничего, зато были первыми в Берлине! И ИС самый лучший танк второй мировой войны.

    • @janbjorklund7373
      @janbjorklund7373 7 місяців тому +3

      Because the US forces went to Bavaria.

    • @biglebowski5737
      @biglebowski5737 6 місяців тому +1

      @@user-qv3tc8jz8s Whatever dude, without support from the US your sons would go by the names of Hans and Franz.
      P.S. Learn a real alphabet!

    • @2003AudiS3
      @2003AudiS3 6 місяців тому

      @@user-qv3tc8jz8sthe Sherman says otherwise

    • @user-qv3tc8jz8s
      @user-qv3tc8jz8s 6 місяців тому +2

      @@janbjorklund7373 американцы и англичане бомбили Дрэздэн и другие города, но это было никчему.

  • @centaureacyanus7675
    @centaureacyanus7675 6 місяців тому +2

    Is dit ne Bestie!

  • @gregoriokafka
    @gregoriokafka 7 місяців тому +14

    That wasn't the original sound, it's an edit. Great footage though.

  • @raoulman1
    @raoulman1 7 місяців тому +1

    Beautiful love machine, thank you for sharing, keep going.

    • @user-ek5on1ip1j
      @user-ek5on1ip1j 6 місяців тому

      По твоему выражению эта машина любви любила и твоих предков

  • @bjrnsvendsen7661
    @bjrnsvendsen7661 5 місяців тому

    Wow more than ❤❤❤

  • @leehale5828
    @leehale5828 7 місяців тому +24

    A beast on the battlefield but lacked close quarters defensive armament for the crew and was prone to mechanical breakdown.

  • @reneebartok1816
    @reneebartok1816 6 місяців тому +3

    Wahnsinns Aufnahmen 😊

  • @IllusivePrime
    @IllusivePrime 3 місяці тому

    I thought this tanks was only in the blueprint stage and never actually made into production. This is the first seeing it in action on the battlefield.

  • @Rexerman89
    @Rexerman89 7 місяців тому +2

    "Sounds good to me!"

  • @ppggddtt1170
    @ppggddtt1170 7 місяців тому +1

    reject expensive modern tank, return to the good ol' tanks

  • @bingobongo9521
    @bingobongo9521 6 місяців тому +31

    This tank, like so many other German tanks, was very limited in its actual combat value. Just like the Tiger, the Elefant was also very susceptible to technical problems. During the first deployment of the Elefant during Operation "Zitadelle", half of the tanks failed after 4 days due to technical defects. In addition, with 1000 litres of petrol per 100 km, it was a logistical nightmare and, at just 15 km/h, a very light, virtually immobile target. When it fired, the shot had to disable the enemy, otherwise the crew was dead.
    German armaments had huge problems right from the start. There were too many competing offices, too many profit-seeking individuals and Hitler, who changed entire production processes by decree as he saw fit. This led to a very inefficient multitude of different devices whose spare parts were not interchangeable. Projects were constantly being started, cancelled, changed, etc. at great expense.
    Although many documentaries give the impression that the Wehrmacht was highly mechanised, this is not actually true. Until the end, the Wehrmacht relied heavily on horse-drawn vehicles for its logistics. But the Wochenschau wouldn’t show this. 😏 My grandfather was in a logistics division. They had a few half-tracks, but basically they were cowboys, herding a lot of horses.

    • @unclexeres
      @unclexeres 6 місяців тому

      Interesting, a lot of farm boys were put into service.

    • @UpsheetscreekWOapaddle
      @UpsheetscreekWOapaddle 6 місяців тому

      When I hit the start button. First thing I thought of was this contraption part of their blitzkrieg 😂

    • @Swervli
      @Swervli 5 місяців тому +3

      The Elefant was not deployed during Zitadelle. The tanks you are seeing here were not lightly armored, they had the heaviest armor right after the Jadtiger. You are confusing the elefant with the less armoured Ferdinand , which was still used verry effectively in the battle, judging by the number of soviet tanks (2,000) it knocked out.

    • @bingobongo9521
      @bingobongo9521 5 місяців тому +2

      @@Swervli You're right about the armor plating, it even withstood direct artillery fire, I got something mixed up.
      But not here: Ferdinand and Elefant are not two different tanks, just different names for the same machine. Which often happened in the Wehrmacht.
      So step by step. The tank was officially designated "Panzerjäger "Tiger P" for 8,8-cm Pak 43/2 (Sf.) (Sd.Kfz. 184)".
      Before its delivery to the troops, the tank was given a much less "bulky" nickname for everyday use.
      In a meeting with Adolf Hitler on February 6, 1943, the designation Sturmgeschütz (assault gun) on Porsche Tiger chassis with long 8.8 (Ferdinand) is documented.
      However, the name was changed again at Hitler's personal request in November 1943 with the instruction that the vehicle should be called "Elefant" in future. As a result, it is listed in the inventory of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 as s.Pz.Jg VI (P) 8,8 cm Pak 43/2 L/71 "Elefant" from May 1944.

    • @wanderschlosser1857
      @wanderschlosser1857 5 місяців тому +3

      The Ferdinand was a recycle vehicle. They used the already built Porsche Tiger hulls and put a casemate with the 88 Pak43 on it, probably the best anti tank gun of WW2. The Ferdinand was never meant for continued serial production. It had its issues and was certainly not a great weapon system but it did its job, first in Russia and later in Italy. And it did that job better than many other armoured vehicles if you look at its kill ratio.

  • @shitchops
    @shitchops 7 місяців тому +10

    i love german tanks in games

    • @slowery43
      @slowery43 7 місяців тому +3

      not a sole cares, this isn't about you and playing games cupcake

    • @slowery43
      @slowery43 7 місяців тому

      not a sole cares, this isn't about you and playing games cupcake

    • @user-xh3wr1do7k
      @user-xh3wr1do7k 7 місяців тому +1

      @@slowery43 You do otherwise you wouldn’t have commented.🤡

    • @darryldworak6356
      @darryldworak6356 6 місяців тому +5

      @@slowery43you cared enough to comment 😂

    • @ymishaus2266
      @ymishaus2266 5 місяців тому

      @@slowery43 okay boomer

  • @nicktozie6685
    @nicktozie6685 7 місяців тому +2

    Siiiiiiiiiick

  • @serhadsidar9459
    @serhadsidar9459 10 днів тому

    terrifying tank

  • @djfitzgerald111
    @djfitzgerald111 4 місяці тому

    Thirteen Ferdinands were knocked out at Kursk. The first day of the battle, a flaw in the fuel lines emerged and a number spontaneously caught fire. Eighty-Three returned from the battlefield. 50 were rebuilt and renamed Elefant.
    The Germans were pushing the technology hard, which was part of the problem, but the Soviets had the German order of battle. The overconfident Germans knew the Russians knew that, and proceeded anyway.

  • @strelitziavondelphinium9631
    @strelitziavondelphinium9631 17 днів тому

    my favorite Porsche product 🥰

  • @johnking6252
    @johnking6252 7 місяців тому +3

    In the end, a waste of steel ✌️ RIP🙏

    • @crusher1080
      @crusher1080 5 місяців тому +1

      The thing has a 10:1 kill ratio, it was about as successful as a destroyer could be.

  • @Spartan902
    @Spartan902 6 місяців тому +4

    What a behemoth!

    • @erniepaints
      @erniepaints 4 місяці тому +1

      The Jagdtiger was even bigger!

    • @Spartan902
      @Spartan902 4 місяці тому

      @@erniepaints Very true! I have one in World of Tanks - Blitz and it's huge compared to every other tank I have in my garage. A true steel monster!

    • @erniepaints
      @erniepaints 4 місяці тому +1

      My great grandfather worked in the Krupp Factory in Essen after being wounded in Kursk. He served in SPz. Jgr. Abt 653 ( Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion). He wasn't a front line soldier but lost his trigger finger. It was smashed off by working on half track I think.

    • @Spartan902
      @Spartan902 4 місяці тому

      @@erniepaintsCheers for the reply. He must of had some unreal stories from the war. Glad he survived it!

    • @erniepaints
      @erniepaints 4 місяці тому +1

      @Spartan902 he had some stories I heard thru my family. When he was marching into a small village on the Russian border I believe, there was thousands of surrendered soviet troops. He gave a group of them his supper ration. When his NCO found out he was striped of his rank. His compassion meant weakness in the Feldwebel eyes.

  • @glormitz7479
    @glormitz7479 6 місяців тому +1

    If I have to choose a jagdpanther or this in game. I choose a jagdpanther which also has 88mm gun. :)

  • @zakzwijn8410
    @zakzwijn8410 3 місяці тому

    I always played these in Call of Duty - United Offensive :)

  • @jumma84
    @jumma84 7 місяців тому +12

    Awesome flak 88 canon in whole lenght.😮

    • @davidtorre7370
      @davidtorre7370 7 місяців тому +6

      88mm L/71(King Tiger), not L/56 (Tiger I).

  • @DuyAnhHo-vr9zd
    @DuyAnhHo-vr9zd 11 місяців тому +4

    The heavy tank

    • @m36489
      @m36489 10 місяців тому +10

      Tank destroyer

  • @masondamoose7520
    @masondamoose7520 6 місяців тому +1

    This only shows successful deployments which is why the video is 1 minute and 13 seconds long

  • @SithLordmatthew
    @SithLordmatthew 5 місяців тому +1

    It looked like all the footage was in Russia and that would mean this was before they were overhauled and renamed Elefant. Thus those were all Ferdinands

  • @davidthefirst6195
    @davidthefirst6195 7 місяців тому +2

    No machine guns for for self defence or fir supporting other vehicles being attacked by infantry

  • @PIMP89ii
    @PIMP89ii 6 місяців тому +1

    This thing had a kill ratio of 7:1 or more and they talk about missing mg 🙈

  • @tomriddle5564
    @tomriddle5564 7 місяців тому +12

    Can you imagine no secondary armament on Elephants? Russian soldiers could run up to these things at Kursk and either disable them or destroy them.

    • @jakubvsv9305
      @jakubvsv9305 7 місяців тому +9

      yeah but the purpose of elephant/ferdinand was staying very very far away and hitting other tanks, not going against infantry like shermans

    • @macobuzi
      @macobuzi 7 місяців тому +4

      These things are similar to Snipers of tanks - They weren't meant to fight the enemy head-on.

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 7 місяців тому

      ​@@jakubvsv9305it was still a shocking oversight

    • @anegg9057
      @anegg9057 7 місяців тому

      @@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044not really, are you really gonna put a grenade launcher on a sniper rifle?

    • @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044
      @charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 7 місяців тому

      @@anegg9057 a lack of consideration for someone coming up to attack it was shocking

  • @avalonjustin
    @avalonjustin 4 місяці тому

    HOLY SHITBALLS! That's serious firepower.

  • @crymieze9003
    @crymieze9003 6 місяців тому +2

    Cannot be destroyed at mid/long distance even by the IS-2 and its poor optical system. Elefant is a Sniper with a magnificant gun when the tank was released.
    But mechanical problems plus the waves of soviet tanks supported by the infantry didn't let any chance for the Elefant and its desastrous mobility.

  • @DerCoolste
    @DerCoolste 5 місяців тому +1

    i want one :O

  • @lukerodman7335
    @lukerodman7335 5 місяців тому +1

    The audio sounds so incredibly pure sounds better then modern footage haha

    • @Normandy1944
      @Normandy1944 5 місяців тому +1

      The audio is purely dubbed rubber hammers and sheets of tin being hit and with sticks and such being rattled. Rarely does WWII and before field footage have sound to hear that, it'd have to of been a lot closer with sound crews that didn't exist back then. Over the years the dubbing has improved with digitalization to make it seem quite real. Check out the YT channels on it, you'll be blown away how these noises are made and how the mind is tricked into believing it.

    • @gsherlock
      @gsherlock 5 місяців тому +1

      The 8mm film cameras used on a 1940's battle field did not record sound. When making a movie with diegetic sound on a set, a separate sound recordist is required. This is always the case with film.

  • @tm5123
    @tm5123 4 місяці тому

    Would've been better without the stock BBC sounds slapped over it too.

  • @mainornavarro8820
    @mainornavarro8820 6 місяців тому +5

    Qué tanques más hermosos .

    • @user-ek5on1ip1j
      @user-ek5on1ip1j 6 місяців тому +1

      Ты знаешь, сколько твоя красота убила людей? Спроси у Русских!

  • @hansg6336
    @hansg6336 5 місяців тому

    Hitler was obsessed with making ever larger tanks beyond the realm of practicality.

  • @JRCinKY
    @JRCinKY 7 місяців тому +2

    Awesome machine but not perfected and the drive line was too weak.

  • @AvtarSinghHistory
    @AvtarSinghHistory 6 місяців тому +2

    Thoss are ferdinands. Not elefants. Footage is from Operation Citidel

    • @jimmyposada145
      @jimmyposada145 4 місяці тому

      Name was changed from Ferdinand Heavy tank destroyers to the Elefant

    • @AvtarSinghHistory
      @AvtarSinghHistory 4 місяці тому

      i think we all know this...the change did not happen till early 1945. The footage in this video and sounds are from 1944 when it was still designated as ferdinand. @@jimmyposada145

  • @fulse1856
    @fulse1856 6 місяців тому +1

    Incredible panzer

  • @utkarshtrivedi8870
    @utkarshtrivedi8870 4 місяці тому

    Played greatest role in the failure of German armored assault during Operation Citadel.

  • @maicondeoliveira5802
    @maicondeoliveira5802 Рік тому +7

    I said the real porsche perfect

  • @Brad-pv8uc
    @Brad-pv8uc 5 місяців тому

    The elephant had no machine gun so easy picking for infantry

  • @mysneaker8234
    @mysneaker8234 6 місяців тому +2

    sound doesn't belong to the footage. cameras back then only shot pictures, but no sound.

  • @GeistInTheMachine
    @GeistInTheMachine 6 місяців тому +2

    It was fun while it lasted.

  • @jannejohansson3383
    @jannejohansson3383 6 місяців тому

    Elephant turned meat eater

  • @itzteslamodels9320
    @itzteslamodels9320 10 місяців тому +3

    0:17 created a meme ig

  • @freakazoid4691
    @freakazoid4691 5 місяців тому

    I find it somewhat endearing that the nazis named all their tanks after animals. That’s something a small child would do. :)

    • @crusher1080
      @crusher1080 5 місяців тому +2

      The Germans still do that, Puma, Leopard, KF51 Panther. What straw are you grasping at?

  • @markt1036
    @markt1036 5 місяців тому

    били тогда ,бьем сейчас)))))

  • @user-wh8cb5iz6o
    @user-wh8cb5iz6o 5 місяців тому

    Страшно(((

  • @bbryant2485
    @bbryant2485 7 місяців тому +2

    Was it only used at Kursk???

    • @user-xh3wr1do7k
      @user-xh3wr1do7k 7 місяців тому +2

      Ferdinand was the one at Kursk. After the failure of the Kursk offensive, the surviving vehicles were sent back to Germany and rebuilt into Elefants. A number of them were used in Italy, one being captured by the Americans and it’s now on display in an American museum.

    • @durmayandurmayan2280
      @durmayandurmayan2280 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@user-xh3wr1do7k It is a common misconception, elefants are not upgraded Ferdinands they did get upgraded but the whole name of the tank changed to elefant whether they got upgraded or not

  • @Sherman_Dank
    @Sherman_Dank 5 місяців тому

    The comments from the wargaming/gaijin crowd stick out like sore thumbs.

  • @mikekomalley
    @mikekomalley 7 місяців тому +1

    I know they were a disaster at Kursk. Were they ever a success in any battle?

    • @rickglorie
      @rickglorie 7 місяців тому

      No

    • @kuchenzwiebel7147
      @kuchenzwiebel7147 6 місяців тому +2

      Depends on how you see it. The cannon and armour made it a significant force to be reckoned with. But its numerous mechanical problems and the lack of effective weapons against infantry gave quite some opportunities to the enemies to destroy them. But as long as its drivetrain was working and it had ammo, anybody would run from that thing - it was quite feared among the allies.

  • @user-qr4nm5sk2v
    @user-qr4nm5sk2v 7 місяців тому +2

    tank destroyer

  • @iatsd
    @iatsd 5 місяців тому +1

    No music. But added bonus fake soundtrack

  • @raywhitehead730
    @raywhitehead730 6 місяців тому

    The German offense attack at Kursk, was actually delayed, on purpose, so the newly built Elephant tank could be transported there. Once combat started most of the Elephant tanks broke down due the drive train breaking down. Many were simply abandoned by their crews. They also lacked anti infantry guns on this tank, making them vulnerable to infantry. It was a total fiasco.

    • @crusher1080
      @crusher1080 5 місяців тому

      It has a 10:1 kill ratio. 10 armored tanks destroyed per Ferdinand lost. That is about as successful as any armored vehicle could be.

  • @user-pg4iw1cm8c
    @user-pg4iw1cm8c 7 місяців тому +2

    was it sporting an 88?

    • @slowery43
      @slowery43 7 місяців тому

      Google doesn't work for you?

    • @user-pg4iw1cm8c
      @user-pg4iw1cm8c 7 місяців тому +1

      @@slowery43 you have no clue what an 88 is

  • @apistofreak1
    @apistofreak1 6 місяців тому +1

    "No Music, Pure Sound" fake sound, over the top and unrealistic so why bother?

  • @herbertrivera3638
    @herbertrivera3638 6 місяців тому

    the russians nightmare ! the elefant !

  • @onceANexile
    @onceANexile 7 місяців тому +1

    READ ''PANZER! PANZER! PANZER!'
    GEN.HANZ GOUDARIAN

    • @pleasy13
      @pleasy13 5 місяців тому

      Good old Guderian who had no idea that there were Einsatzgruppen following his Panzer Army and slaughtering all and sundry...
      His Panzer Leader is the most sanitised book available on WW2.

  • @user-is3ld8uf6q
    @user-is3ld8uf6q 6 місяців тому

    كان الخوف والرعب الالماني في اغلب انحاء اوربا لكن كل قوي يلين لزمان

  • @bulgariannationalist5719
    @bulgariannationalist5719 2 роки тому +13

    Also known as a Ferdinand

    • @dutch2smoked927
      @dutch2smoked927 2 роки тому +4

      nope ferdinand and elefant were two complete different tanks the elefant had waaaaaaayyyy more armor than the ferdinand ;)

    • @shugojinju7046
      @shugojinju7046 Рік тому +11

      The Ferdinand and Elefant were totally different.
      The Ferdy's were Pre-Battle of Kursk, they only had the 8.8 Pak 43 as offensive/defensive armament
      The Elefant was Post-Kursk, they were the "new and improved" version of the Ferdinand with: A bow ball-mounted MG 34 (Along with a port for a "Krummlauf" which was a curved barrel StG-44) , a commander's cupola for improved vision , thickened frontal armor, zimerit paste and wider tracks

    • @user-fw3fq3de3z
      @user-fw3fq3de3z Рік тому +1

      elephant name change june 44...
      all remaining 48 Ferdinand sent back and upgraded dec43.... all Ferdinand are renamed Elephant by order of high command and not due to upgrades

    • @user-fw3fq3de3z
      @user-fw3fq3de3z Рік тому +1

      not new all original from 90 produced and 1 by alket.... so 91.... only 48 sent back from eastern front.... also known as a stug and a panzerjager....

    • @user-fw3fq3de3z
      @user-fw3fq3de3z Рік тому +1

      it has the highest kill per loss ratio ...... say it's a failure.... haha

  • @imwithname843
    @imwithname843 7 місяців тому +2

    Porsche madneSS

  • @user-iy8ed2cg7u
    @user-iy8ed2cg7u 5 місяців тому

    戦車って中にいれば絶対安全てわけでもないんだね。
    直撃弾喰らえば棺桶だ。

  • @user-il1nx9bl9z
    @user-il1nx9bl9z 5 місяців тому

    🫡🫡🫡

  • @bmcg5296
    @bmcg5296 7 місяців тому +11

    In the long open rolling fields of Ukraine at the time of this being filmed, these weapons where superb at ranges outside any threat to them. This was useless when the 100's of T-42/85 or the
    SU family of 76/85/100/122/155 variant was charging at you. From Russia were ugly was in the making from welds some unfinished to downright incomplete surgery of a butcher!
    Even German welds still had to be done right as It was a art, that mattered not when you needed more than the other guy no matter the cost. Unfinished welding joints didn't matter if your not expected to live past the first wave. Damaging or destroying the enemy was first. Tanks ugly in every point did the job is all that matters. No welding is important if your losing the war on equipment ugly.
    Being beautiful looking means nothing if you're still going to lose the lot, in fighting these Russian Cannons right? These Tank Destroyers where of low profile was great idea in design, in being hard to spot. German tanks were so outnumbered you'd never have enough tanks or men to stop the Russian mentality at the time. You fight or die here right now was a motivation for many indigenous Russians, that were first to go into war. Germany was bombed by artillery for hours on end, not stopping until the tanks and troops atop came in for the kill.
    Swamped in the Russian Doctrine at the time, same as today they are in some parts get close to doing in Ukraine without full evidence yet in detail. Thankfully some tanks like this only numbering 2 survived the war for study, unlike many of the rare versions and command vehicles they are all gone as scrap metal. So little of some rare German equipment don't exist at all for study is a shame in some ways. As these vehicles on all sides changed the future of a tank as we see today. The tank in five short years years took leaps forward into modern history wars with tanks.

  • @txxr542
    @txxr542 Рік тому +4

    A tank is a death box

    • @johnwalkley6746
      @johnwalkley6746 8 місяців тому +4

      Especially in the hands of a Russian crew!

    • @Ceaser679
      @Ceaser679 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@johnwalkley6746nuh uh if a crew is not skilled even an Abrahams tank can be knocked out nothing ir indestructible

  • @hakansol4666
    @hakansol4666 6 місяців тому

    maybe ferdinand?

  • @tarasb.ukrainian1947
    @tarasb.ukrainian1947 2 роки тому +6

    Pzh 2000

    • @H3llBaron
      @H3llBaron Рік тому +3

      The ancestor yes.

    • @tm3010
      @tm3010 7 місяців тому

      ​@@H3llBaronno, the Ferdinand / Elefant wasn't an artillery tank, it has been a tank destroyer.
      The predecessors would have been Hummel oder Wespe maybe.

  • @ianryan5727
    @ianryan5727 5 місяців тому

    Well that was just shite!

  • @markl4673
    @markl4673 6 місяців тому +1

    Elefant, another stupid panzer: 'all show, no go".
    Vs T34: no show, all go!

    • @kuchenzwiebel7147
      @kuchenzwiebel7147 6 місяців тому +1

      Well maybe the Elefant was "no go" but it's cannon made sure that anything in a 2.5 km radius also was gonna be "no go"

    • @pleasy13
      @pleasy13 5 місяців тому

      Not when so much terrain on planet Earth is not a flat 2.5 km radius Moon like surface.

  • @Wooargh
    @Wooargh 5 місяців тому

    Ruined by an ugly watermark.

  • @user-wk3lx9np9n
    @user-wk3lx9np9n 7 місяців тому +4

    Вечная память Воинам Вермахта которые боролись с злом исходящим от комунизма! партией Иудеев.

  • @kosmokritikos9299
    @kosmokritikos9299 8 місяців тому +3

    These are not good boats.

  • @user-xh3md8kt2x
    @user-xh3md8kt2x 4 місяці тому

    Абсолютно бесполезная машина

  • @dutch2smoked927
    @dutch2smoked927 5 місяців тому

    i thhink most of these tanks were the ferdinand versions elefant had thicker armor was more rare

  • @user-eo8ht6ov8z
    @user-eo8ht6ov8z 5 місяців тому +1

    мой дед такую подбил в 1943ем ... повезло выжить ... героя не дали козлы ... всего лишь красное знамя ))) орден