Tamiya 35325 - 1/35 German Tank Destroyer Elefant  [35325]

• This will be a 1/35 scale assembly style of the German Heavy Tank Destroyer Elephant. Extensive research ended up being carried out by Tamiya's designers to create the modeling world many accurate rendition to date.
• Historic background
  In 1941, Porsche created a model tank which incorporated radical features including a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain. In 1943, the tank had been transformed in to the Ferdinand tank destroyer armed with an 8.8cm PaK 43 L/71 weapon housed in a sizable box-shaped superstructure and 90 devices were produced. During the Battle of Kursk, they demonstrated superior anti-armor power to knock out T-34 and KV-1 tanks at long range, but their sluggish rate and unreliability resulted in numerous being immobilized by technical problems. In 1944, 50 surviving Ferdinands got improvements, including the addition of a machine gun, a commander's cupola, and were re-designated with the name Elefant. The Elefant saw combat regarding Italian and Russian fronts, plus some fought until the really end of WWII through the Battle of Berlin.

Specs and Features:

• 1/35 scale synthetic assembly kit.
• Length: 236mm.
• Fighting compartment, 8.8cm weapon, and cupola are accurately reproduced.
• Bolt-on front armor, motor grille, and device weapon mount are depicted.
• Construction type songs have actually one-piece right parts and show a realistic sag effect.
• 1 commander, 1 loader, and 1 motorist torso numbers and 3 marking choices included.