Both the successful Henschel proposal and the Porsche design used the same Krupp-designed turret-the Henschel design had its turret more-or-less centrally located on its hull, while the Porsche design placed the turret much closer to the front of the superstructure.
Porsche GmbH had manufactured about 100 chassis for their unsuccessful proposal for the Tiger tank, the " Porsche Tiger", in the Nibelungenwerk factory in Sankt Valentin, Austria. 184.ĭevelopment history Porsche's pre- Elefant, turreted Tiger I prototype The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger (P) and the ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. In January to April 1944, Ferdinands received modifications and upgrades. Ninety-one units were built in 1943 under the name Ferdinand, after its designer Ferdinand Porsche, using VK 45.01 (P) tank hulls produced for the Tiger I tank design abandoned in favour of a Henschel design. The Elefant ( German for " elephant") was a heavy tank destroyer used by German Wehrmacht Panzerjäger during World War II.
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