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                        German Elefant Pics

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        German Elefant Pics
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:11 PM
                        Heres some pics of an Elefant sitting rotting away on Aberdeen Proving Grounds. As I stated in an earlier post, it was supposed to have been shipped somewhere, but unfortunately has sat. Figured I would get some pics now, due to not knowing the fate of this great beast.





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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:13 PM




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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:29 PM
                        Gotta luv the danger sign. Those will comein handy for my build of this beast. If ya cant tell Im in the german monstertank stage at the moment.E 100, jagdtiger, kingtiger ,elephent, sturmtiger.
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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:36 PM
                        Great pics Falcon. It's a shame to see the beast rotting away.

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                        fightnjoe
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                        Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 7:54 PM
                        another case of history lost. makes me sad.

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                        wbill76
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                          July 2004
                        • From: Texas
                        Posted by wbill76 on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:21 PM
                        Always a shame to see things like this rusting away, abandoned and uncared for. Maybe the folks at Aberdeen will get around to restoring it as a piece of history as opposed to just another rusting junkheap...Sad [:(]

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 8:48 PM
                        Old soldiers like this deserve better treatment than rusting away in a field of weeds. Although it looks to be in rather rough shape, it certainly is not beyond restoration. Lets hope it finds a new home and some TLC, before it's too late. Thanks for the photos Falcon.
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                        chester111472
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                          May 2004
                        • From: Indianapolis
                        Posted by chester111472 on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:04 AM
                        How about we all pitch in and buy the thing and restore it....We could rotate who gets to keep it on a monthly basis......I will just tell my wife that it is the new garden tractor I ordered for mowing. :)
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                        zokissima
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                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:44 AM
                        lol yeah, and I can use it to intimidate my new neighbours Big Smile [:D]

                        Thanks for the pics falcon, should come in handy, whenever I get around to building one.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:38 AM
                        are there more elephants or is that one of the only ones, i wish someone would take that and start restoring it to its old glory.
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                        wipw
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                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 11:20 AM
                        Chris, as I recall from the cobwebbed recesses of my addled mind, it is one of only two surviving Elefants. What's weird is that I thought all Elefants had zimmerit on them. I can't imagine that anyone would have goe to the trouble to take it all off! Really a sad thing to see it in such shape. (Wonder what the pillow is for!!!)
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:16 PM
                        that is sad that there are only two left, they are around though, so hopfully someone who happens to be a history buff and who has enough money would take that one and restore to a nice working order, kind of how the tiger did recently at Bovington, as ive seen in other pics.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:18 PM
                        Do they sell the tanks (or some of them) at Aberdeen? and what would something like the Elefant be worth?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 12:18 PM
                        the sad thing is i live only an hour frmo Aberdeen in Lancaster, PA and i have yet to make a trip there maybe in the next two weeks, im gonna take the camera and take hundreds of photos to share with anyone, there are some pics on the website if anyone wants to see. http://www.ordmusfound.org/
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                        J-Hulk
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:38 PM
                        Thanks for the pix. Hope that important historical relic gets the attention it deserves.

                        ~Brian
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                        lizardqing
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:53 PM
                        Pretty cool to see some nice pics of one. Shame to have it sitting there wasting away though.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:54 PM
                        wow, wouldnt i love to have one of those in the backyard, as someone said it certainly would intimidate the nieghbours. i wonder if aberdeen would sell it Cool [8D]?
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                        yw18mc
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                          April 2004
                        • From: sunny imperial beach
                        Posted by yw18mc on Wednesday, July 14, 2004 9:40 PM
                        Just breaks your heart to see apiece of history slowly disinigrating in the elements. thanks for sharing the pics, it could be the last look we get of the real mccoy. semper fi, mike
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 15, 2004 3:26 AM
                        To the best of my knowledge, the only other surviving Elefant is in a museum on the outskirts of Moscow. Can't remember what the museums called...
                        It would be great if Aberdeen restores it to working condition before it turns into a lump of rust.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 15, 2004 10:36 AM
                        Ok heres what I have heard. The museum was suppost to ship it out somewhere when the drive train locked up. Now I havent asked the museum why the elefant is just sitting there, but they have all kinds of equipment here to move this thing. Besides that, they have a place here on the Proving Grounds where they refurbish all their displays. Maybe I will call them today to find out what the deal is with it. Being that it is a very rare piece of history. This elefant was my one real reason to get into modelling at 10 years old. And one of the many reasons I have always loved german WW2 armor. Hopefully I can get an update on it and let you all know the deal with it.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 15, 2004 12:23 PM
                        i hope you can make a difference, from what i have read, the Ordanance Museum at Aberdeen is trying to build a giant building to where they can house many of these old relics before the elements destroy them to much.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 16, 2004 3:17 AM
                        Like, wow, man. That's cool.
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                        gringe88
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                        • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
                        Posted by gringe88 on Friday, July 16, 2004 11:08 PM
                        hope so hey get it out of the rain soon. hate to see it turn out like that stug III did in one of the other posts.
                        ====================================== -Matt
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                        Duke Maddog
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                          June 2003
                        • From: Rowland Heights, California
                        Posted by Duke Maddog on Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:57 PM
                        Wow. Looking at these pics, I can almost hear the shouts of German soldiers, the boom of cannon, and the crash of eplosions over the deep throbbing sound of Maybachs engines.

                        I hope they finaly get that beast restored.
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