German elephant tank

        Still working on the KV-2. The KV-2 is a great kit! Can't wait to finish and move on to the M4A4 75mm Sherman. Some crazy  guy has been   working on a Sherman and is passing on good advice! I wonder who? I dunno.   LOL




Chazzer

Can't say I've heard any stories about them in Italy, except that it was ill-suited to the theatre, because of the mountainous terrain. The long barreled 88mmm L/71 was better suited to the openness of the steppes, where they could safely pick off Russian armor from great distances without fear of getting hit in return. I imagine it was a tactical error to send them west.

I saw this Elephant after it had been restored...beautiful work!  Too bad so many of Aberdeen's tanks are in terrible disrepair.  They seem to be making an effort to nicely restore a couple at a time.  With the move of most of the tanks to Fort Lee, VA, maybe they'll make some progress on some of the others.

Anyway.  Says it was hit by a sherman but not necessarily.  This Elephant is rather unique in the West because it served in the battle of Kursk.  It survived the battle and was upgraded with a bow gun, a feature found necessary from lessons learned at Kursk.  Then it went to Italy.  Truly an historic vehicle!

This is about the 3rd time I've watched this.  The series also documents the restoration of a Panther G and a BMP in other episodes.

OK Scott,

  You gonna do the German KV or the Elephant?

  I spent a lot of time looking up stuff for the Sherman I've been posting.....

but most if not all the info came from the internet.

I saw that Chaz . I liked the way they applied the damage to the new paint job .

yes it was a good show,I got to see it in person a couple of years ago in person,but I didn't take a picture of it,only in the background of this Firefly

Thanks for the heads up. The Elefant is one of my favorite tank destroyers.