Elefant

Whrrrrrrrrrrrr *CHUNKIKCK* "Mein Gott Jonas! It did it again!"

The Elefant, also known as the Ferdinand, also known as the Panzerjager Tiger P (Sd.Kfz 164), or more simply, THAT FUCKING PIECE OF JUNK, was a brilliant combination of everything wrong with German tanks during the Second World War. It is THE example of how to fail at tanks.

Mid War

Don't look at these stat's too hard Freund, they just may break.

IRL

Look upon the faces of these men, do you think, they're having a fun time?

The abomination of God Elefant was one of the first attempts to mount the 88mm AT gun into a vehicle. Overall, the vehicle could have been far worse, as the general design left much to be desired, but a skilled designer could work around this. The problem is that the designer happened to be Ferdinand Porsche, a man who was known to overengineer anything and everything humanly possible besides the fucking Volkswagen.

Porsche developed a failed version of what later became the Panzer VI, but what was left over became converted into Elefants, which were by and large one of the worst abominations of God to have ever been produced. He made a complex mechanical system which was a pain in the balls to repair, small hills could cause the thing to break apart, and on top of that, the already strained drive system was fucked over by additional tons of armor.

The Elefant was also a massive death trap, as it's large flat space was perfect for an APCR shell to pass right through and slice half the tank crew into mincemeat. The thing required Panzergrenadiers and the addition of an MG34 just for it to not be vulnerable to allied infantry. But the real kicker? At the Battle of Kursk, nearly half the damn things were captured primarily because they had mechanical failures.

By a miracle of Hitler or some shit, the Elefant was able to claim tons of kills, and they survived until the end of the war, but some units sent to Italy found themselves entirely useless as pretty much any given Italian Bridge couldn't handle the 70 tons of Bullshit that was this tank.