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For the Tiger project, Porsche develeoped its own design. It was based on their previous prototype, the Panzerkampfwagen IV Tiger (P) .

The superstructure was mounted at front, with 6 road wheels either side, mounted in double bogies. It used an interesting drive system, using two engines to power generators, which then drove electrical motors at the drive sprockets. This led to its demise, as it was complicated to repair, and very unreliable, especailly for such a heavy vehicle. After the Henschel Tiger design took the contract, the 90 chassis already built by Porsche were later develeoped into the Ferdinand/Elefant. Only one Tiger (P) entered service, as a command vehicle on the Eastern front, with an additional 100mm steel plate bolted on the front, bringing the frontal armor up to 200mm, although this was not as effective since it was not sloped. After the battle of Kursk, The Ferdinand was coated with Zimmermit ( Anti-Magnetic mine paint ) and a hull mounted MG 34 machine gun. This modification was later named the Elefant. The 8.8 cm Pak 43 L/71 was a ture tank-killing gun. It could penetrate the T-34 at ranges up to 3 miles away- impossible to the Panzer 3 with its 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 gun.

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http://worldwar2aces.com/tiger-tank/

v • d • e Tracked Armored Vehicles of the Wehrmacht Light Tanks Panzer I • Panzer II • Panzer 35(t) • Panzer 38(t) Medium Tanks Panzer III • Panzer IV • Panzer V Panther Heavy Tanks Tiger I • Tiger II Self Propelled Artillery Panzerwerfer 42 sWS • Panzerwerfer 42 Maultier • SdKfz 124 Wespe • SdKfz 165 Hummel • SdKfz 138/1 Grille • Sturmtiger • Sturmpanzer IV Self Propelled Guns StuG III • StuG IV • Flakpanzer 38(t) • Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind • Flakpanzer IV Ostwind • Flakpanzer IV Möbelwagen Tank Destroyers Panzerjäger I • SdKfz 135 Marder I • SdKfz 132 Marder II • SdKfz 139 Marder III • SdKfz 162 Jagdpanzer IV • SdKfz 164 Hornisse/Nashorn • SdKfz 173 Jagdpanther • SdKfz 184 Elefant • SdKfz 186 Jagdtiger • Jagdpanzer 38(t) Armored Recovery Vehicles Bergepanzer III • Bergepanzer IV • Bergepanther • Bergetiger • Bergepanzer 38(t)