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A Light Take On A Heavy Elephant; A Guide to the Ferdinand

The Ferdinand/Elefant are heavy tank destroyers that can both pack a punch and take some hits in return; the Pak 43, often called the 'Long 88' by players, has a quick reload, high penetration and flat ballistics, making it a truly fearsome weapon! The armor on the Ferdinand is also quite thick, albeit unangled, which allows the vehicle to deflect less powerful guns aimed sloppily. The Ferdinand’s mobility is its biggest shortcoming, as its 65-ton weight is too heavy for the underpowered engine to make it a particularly nimble vehicle. The Ferdinand/Elefant excels most at long range, where its advantages in firepower and armor are the most pronounced, and closer range encounters should preferably be avoided given its fairly poor agility and casemate design.

The Ferdinand/Elefant - Hybrid Heavyweight

The Ferdinand was the one of the first heavy tank destroyers produced by the Germans in any significant quantity, formed from Ferdinand Porsches overconfidence in the Tiger P. After the loss of the Tiger I contract, Ferdinand Porsche was left with 100 unusable chassis. In an effort to create a use for said chassis, the Ferdinand was born. With a heavily armoured superstructure and the formidable German 8,8 cm Pak 43/2 L/71, the Ferdinand was a fearsome opponent for any hostile tank that came across it. It utilised a generator to turn the engine’s power to electricity to power motors to turn the drive sprockets, making it a very early hybrid vehicle. This enabled it to reverse at the same speed as it could go foward.

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