"Elephant". Heavy assault gun Ferdinand Porsche

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This heavy assault gun is called "the best self-propelled gun of World War II." This armored "brand" is known to everyone. Although only 90 Ferdinands were made (8,8 cm Pak 43/2 Sfl L / 71 Panzerjager Tiger (P) Ferdinand) - this designation in honor of its creator Ferdinand Porsche received this tank destroyer on Hitler's personal order), his name became a household name - on the Soviet-German front, "Ferdinands" were called any German self-propelled guns with a rear-mounted fighting compartment. Renamed "Elephant" (Elefant fur 8,8 cm Sturmgeschutz Porsche) after modernization in February 1944, this assault gun distinguished itself both on the Western and Eastern fronts - a powerful 88 mm cannon and 200 mm frontal armor made it a deadly enemy capable of hitting any allied armored vehicles at a distance of more than a kilometer and almost invulnerable to return fire.
The book by the leading Russian historian of armored vehicles restores in detail the history of the creation and combat use of the legendary self-propelled gun from the Kursk Bulge to the Nikopol bridgehead and from the Italian campaign to the Battle of Berlin, where the last two Elefants were captured by Soviet troops on May 1, 1945. The analysis is of particular interest their combat effectiveness - by comparing the German reports about the destroyed tanks of the Red Army with the real numbers of losses, the author proves that the victorious accounts of the Ferdinands are greatly inflated. The edition is illustrated with exclusive drawings and photographs.

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Barcode: 9785041173029 SKU: 70141614 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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