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.