Panzerjager Tiger (P) "Elefant" / エレファント重駆逐戦車

Trigger Words:elefant

Only 90 were produced. However,

-Super firepower exceeding that of the Tiger I

-Tank powered by a motor

-Made by Porsche

The circumstances that led to its creation make it a unique presence. However, when I was a child

-Continuous problems with the drive system made it barely work

-(The original model) had no onboard machine gun, so it was heavily damaged by close-quarters attacks from Soviet infantry swarming like ants※

Only negative points were talked about, and it was labeled a "useless tank."

However, due to documents discovered from various sources afterwards, it seems that the evaluation has completely changed.

-Only one tank was destroyed by artillery fire from an enemy tank (most were abandoned on the front line or self-destructed because they could not be recovered due to damage or problems with the drive system)

-The number of enemy combat vehicles destroyed was about 1,000...

It's an incredible achievement that makes you think "No matter how you look at it, it's a lie." Calling such a tank a "useless tank" is a major misunderstanding due to a lack of information.

The Elephant continued fighting until the fall of Berlin.

*In reality, people were too scared to get close.

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僅かに90両という生産量。しかしながら

・タイガーI型をも上回る超火力

・モーターで動く戦車

・メイドbyポルシェ

と、その誕生に至る経緯もあわせ、なにかと異彩を放つ存在です。ところが私の子供の頃は

・駆動系のトラブル続きでろくに動かない

・(当初のモデルは)車載機銃がないため、蟻のように群がるソ連歩兵の肉薄攻撃で大損害を受けた※

などとネガティブな点のみが語られ、「ダメ戦車」のレッテルを貼られていたものです。

ところが以後に見つかった各方面の資料によって、現在はその評価は一変してしまっているようです。

・敵戦車からの砲撃で撃破されたのは僅か一両のみ（多くは駆動系の破損・トラブルによって回収不能になった為、前線に放棄・または自爆）

・敵戦闘車両の撃破数、およそ1,000両・・・

「いくら何でも嘘だろう」と思うような凄まじい戦果です。これほどの戦車を「ダメ戦車」と呼んでいたとは、情報不足による事実誤認もいいところですね。

エレファントはベルリン陥落まで戦い続けたのでした。

※実際には怖くて近づけなかった様です。