The Porsche Tiger and Ferdinand Tank Destroyer: Vk 4501 (P) / Porsche Type 101 and the Panzerj�ger Ferdinand/Elefant

The Porsche Tiger and Ferdinand Tank Destroyer: Vk 4501 (P) / Porsche Type 101 and the Panzerj�ger Ferdinand/Elefant

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  • Create Date:2022-11-24 06:51:44
  • Update Date:2025-09-06
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  • Author:Michael Fr�hlich
  • ISBN:0764363514
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Summary

Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian engineer born in 1875。 In the interwar period, Ferdinand founded an automotive consultation firm, which gradually grew into today's Porsche AG automotive company。 Porsche's firm was responsible for the design of the Volkswagen, a simple model known today as the Beetle。 During the Second World War, Porsche's firm played an important role in designing military vehicles for the Wehrmacht。 This work follows up on author Michael Fr�hlich's book on Porsche's massive Maus tank and describes the firm's other armored-vehicle designs, with special emphasis on the VK 4501 (P) Tiger prototype and the Ferdinand tank destroyer。 VK 4501 was the designation for the prototypes competing to be what would become the Panzer VI Tiger。 Porsche's concept used a novel gasoline/electric hybrid power plant, but the Tiger contract eventually went to Henschel。 Through details on the Tiger trials at the Verskraft proving ground, readers will gain insight into the armament procurement process in the Third Reich。 The hull/chassis design from VK 4501 (P) was later repurposed for a large tank destroyer named for the designer, Ferdinand。 These imposing vehicles saw combat on multiple fronts and were later renamed Elefant。 Fr�hlich's study, available in English for the first time, is grounded in original reports, manuals, and technical drawings。

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Stephen

If you liked Frolich's first two books then you will love this one , Panzertracts on steroids ! Part one covers the VK4501 tank and what lead up to it。 And includes the Porsche typ 180, Porsches idea of the kingtiger。 Engines and ammo types, jagdtiger, Kummersdorf testing grounds etc。 Part 2 page 282, the Ferndinand/Elefant story begins 。 Page 373 museums, shows the Kubinka Ferdinand rusty interior in colour, then the really rusty interior of the Aberdeen Elefant,at Bovington Tank museum (I thin If you liked Frolich's first two books then you will love this one , Panzertracts on steroids ! Part one covers the VK4501 tank and what lead up to it。 And includes the Porsche typ 180, Porsches idea of the kingtiger。 Engines and ammo types, jagdtiger, Kummersdorf testing grounds etc。 Part 2 page 282, the Ferndinand/Elefant story begins 。 Page 373 museums, shows the Kubinka Ferdinand rusty interior in colour, then the really rusty interior of the Aberdeen Elefant,at Bovington Tank museum (I think)。 And there's driving and care instructions for your td , for when you invade the neighbours on the weekend ! Tons of b&w period photo's and modern colour photo"s, loads of diagrams of all kinds。 Theirs afew typo's and on page 143; "In his book Panzer 2 und seine Abarten , Wolfgang Spielberger wrote: the committee met at Eisenach and Berka in the period from October 26 to 31 , 1942 to examine the Tiger tanks。 Do you see something wrong there ? Shouldn't that be Walter, not Wolfgang, or have I got it wrong ? This book cost me (down under nz) $230。oo all up ! But well worth it, another big time winner from Mr Frolich ! Then only thing I didn't like are the blank spaces on many pages, which could have been filled out by making the print abit larger for the benefit of us older readers, who are the books main audience ! But all in all a must have book。 。。。more