Thursday 2 August 2012

1/35 Sd.Kfz. 184 Elefant '44 DML61005

This is the 1/35 Sd.Kfz. 184 Elefant '44 DML61005. The elefant is a tank destroyer designated "heavy", or in German, schwerer Panzerjäger. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1943 and was named the Ferdinand. The following picture is the product.




The Elefant was built on the chassis and body of a Tiger but was equipped with an 88mm Pak 43/2 L/71 anti-tank gun, the one used as the flak antitank gun in most of the Western Front. The Ferdinands were poor in the Battle of Kursk, and modifications were made for the Elefant. The Elefants were additionally equiped with MG-34s for better firing vision and zimmerits were added.

Dragon T-34/76

This is the Dragon Models 1/72 T-34/76 Mod. 1941. The T-34/76 was used by the Soviets in Leningrad in 1942-1943 against the invading Germans. The Germans did not made it in Leningrad, and the T-34s they encountered led them to design what would be the Panther, to counter the T-34s.




Note the smaller turret compared to the T-34/85, arguably the most well designed tanks of the war taking into account of costs, production and usability. The 76 indicates the 76mm gun used on the tank while the  T-34/85, uses the more powerful 85mm guns to match the firepower of the Germans. The picture below shows the T-34/76 tank with what could be Polish badge.