Post by ww2pictures on Jul 10, 2007 20:35:57 GMT 1
During the development of the Tiger, Henschel and Porsche each made a different chassis.
Porsche had begun production on his chassis but the Henschel version was chosen for the Tiger.
Porsche had 91 chassis (Tiger(P)) already finished.
On September 22, 1942 it was decided to build a StuG with 200 mm armor and an 8.8 cm gun built on the Tiger(P) chassis.
Alkett was to design and produce the Ferdinand with Nibelungenwerke supplying the completed chassis.
On February 6, 1943, Hitler ordered 90 Ferdinands to be made available as soon as possible. This resulted in the Ferdinand to be completed at Nibelungenwerke. The conversions were done at the Steyr-Daimler factory at Nibelungenwerke and completed by May 8, 1943.
Porsche had begun production on his chassis but the Henschel version was chosen for the Tiger.
Porsche had 91 chassis (Tiger(P)) already finished.
On September 22, 1942 it was decided to build a StuG with 200 mm armor and an 8.8 cm gun built on the Tiger(P) chassis.
Alkett was to design and produce the Ferdinand with Nibelungenwerke supplying the completed chassis.
On February 6, 1943, Hitler ordered 90 Ferdinands to be made available as soon as possible. This resulted in the Ferdinand to be completed at Nibelungenwerke. The conversions were done at the Steyr-Daimler factory at Nibelungenwerke and completed by May 8, 1943.
