Skipper nifty Yep Tiger P and Tiger H shall meet each other, and I hope that they both can stay together though Elephant would probably remain a museum piece as the thing had a huge problem of catching on either fire or the engine dieing.
Now imagine if they had gotten their hands on a proper porche tiger turret XD If only. Sadly the only actual Porche Tiger that saw combat was destroyed in the battle of Kursk :p
Geara zulu So you'd rather be able to watch it rot away first hand, than know it is being properly looked after somewhere else? The trouble with these old beasts is that a lick of paint every decade will not halt the effects of weather. They need to be taken care of properly if we want them to be a legacy for the future.
It is not a question of disrespect, it is a question of good sense because you don't leave a restored Elephant outside to rot again! Bovingtone is the proper place and hopefully they finish restoring inside! I don't know what is happening at Aberdeen proving ground once a very popular museum to visit...
At least they put Her in a building, it looked like it was going to go sit back outside and Rot even Louder. wonder about internals 😮would be Kool to see...
I got to see that tank when it was at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It was restored there. I am so glad the Tank Museum in Bovington England got it. They have a magnificent collection which I saw in 2014.
Despite being an ex guardsman, living in norway. i have in the past, been many times to the tank museum in bivi. and am very much, looking forward to seeing this beast, on the next visit. which i hope will be this year. best wishes to all the guys there , that make all this happen. cheers. good luck and happy new year.
I miss the days of going to the Aberdeen museum to see that tank. I live a half hour from Aberdeen, so many memories of seeing this up close, climbing on it. Fun times. I am glad to see it fully restored. I watched the video of the restoration.. A very tough job, superb outcome.
Absolutely correct. I was wondering how many of the general traffic actually knew what was on that trailer. They never even covered it during transportation. I'd still be gibbering about it for the next few months at least, had I seen it "live" on the transport.
Even if they didn't know about the tank, its really not everyday you see a tank being hauled somewhere. I'd be laughing my ass off and try to snap a photo of it while it was stopped at a red light or something.
When the vehicle was in the air, you could really see how the wheels were in pairs which is really cool. Also love how you have a little 2.5 tonne forklift when you have such huge vehicles to move
Wow. Going down the multilane on the flatbed you really get an idea of that tanks size. And to think those tow and lift hooks were welded on 72 years ago in a factory that probably no longer exists. Amazing video. Thanks.
Well it is on the Tank Museum channel itself as they filmed it, so wouldn't be surprised if they told him to say it as i'm sure not everyone has had to the tour in person!
I'm sad that I wasn't able to see the collection it was a part of here in the U.S. before it was closed, but at least I'll get to see this once I finally make my inevitable trip over to Bovington.
This is the Aberdeen Proving Ground Elefant!!!! I wonder why they traded it off??? I saw it about forty years ago when it was painted gray and long before it's restoration.
Please keep this (and anything else from Aberdeen) in a proper indoor museum.... I hated visiting Aberdeen because their idea of a museum was placing great artifacts outside and letting them rust
its in the place where the display will be, so can be seen now ok, lots been to see it, I took lots pics etc, they will build the display around it, It is on show now to see though, hope you get to see it
Please keep our Elefant warm and happy at your lovely civilian-run and charitably-funded museum. Since the US Army's in charge of spending their own money to build our new museum, you can bet we'll never see her again and the whole matter will be eventually abandoned due to "budgetary concerns". "We get x number of dollars from Congress. And you want us to spend some of that limited amount on old tanks that can't kill anything anymore instead of bombs and missiles??? Yeah, sure thing, maybe next year", the generals will say. At least they had the dignity to send them to good homes instead of leaving them to rust in the open like at Kubinka (also controlled by the military). Maybe if you're good we'll send you Anzio Annie, too. I don't think you've got one of those. Sincerely, Tank Lovers of the USA
Imagine the effort to move an elephant bataillon? pretty nightnare - but 80 years later the attraction for a museum. Imagine Tigerfest without tiger, panther, stug, elephant? The invasion arrived, a bit late, but far more admired than in 1940 ...
Is this some sort of ´´Here, our museum lends this tank to you for 6 Months´´ or have you bought the Tank, if so, how much does a Panzerjäger Tiger (P), in this condition, cost ?
Its a long term loan. The museum in Aberdeen is closing down, and the collection is either being sent to the new armor museum in Ft. Lee or distributed to various museums in the interim. Bovington is not only well equipped to care for the Ferdinand/Elefant, but it also fits nicely with their collection of extremely rare armored vehicles. At least at Bovington people can still go and see it, whereas if it were still in the US it would likely end up in a warehouse until the new Ft. Lee museum opens in 2020.
Nah, we prefer to keep it. It is in a good and warm spot, few meters asside a running Panther, and an *AMX 50B*... for all those World of Tanks fans, this is something to see ;)
RAY RAY you damn rosbif! so unfair! we are the ones that have that priviledge ! for le musée of Saumur also have an all-mighty Batignolles Chatillon 25 tonnes in it ! MUAHAHAHAHAHA ! la baguette for the win! ______ Plus, we already have a fully trained crew in it, while your guys are only at 50% *wink**wink*
I'll bet the first thing people thought when they saw this thing going down the road was that they thought it was some kind of modern military vehicle when in fact this vehicle was in service when their parents were young.
Anyone here knows anything about motorized cranes like the two lifting the Elefant? Why do they always lift the wheels off the ground, and so high at that? You'd think they'd want to keep the CG as low as possible. I can't see a benefit to it.
Whitetiger the ferdinand has a machine gun mount to counter infantry. they realised after the Elefant was deployed at kursk that without a machine gun it was not good. I think that is the distinction
The interior is in poor condition and it will never run on the original engine\drivetrain. Even if they could restore it by some miracle it is too complicated and unreliable.
It's worth the journey! If you do decide to make the trip try to get to Tankfest, it makes a huge difference seeing them driving around rather than just sitting static inside the Museum (though that is good too).
"If you want to come and see it" are you kidding every tank nut in the country will come, me included :), great exhibition can't wait, one question does it run?
Modern BMW driving by like: "Oh, an old Porsche? How does it feel to be old and obsolete? Could've been better in BMW's hands just saying." Porsche Elefant: "Kid's these days...."
Well the bloody Germans finally crossed the the darn channel! Only half a century behind schedule!
WE ALWAYS FINISH WHAT WE BEGAN!
Thomas K Even if it took you 78 years. By which time the British empire already managed to destroy it's self.
Rik Raptor indeed!
LOL !
Yeah, you're right! Let's just be glad that the Nazis never managed to get these monsters rolling through the UK in the actual war!
Nice to see people who aren't afraid to discuss the Elephant in the room ;)
Love it!
great T-shirt slogan!!
Did not think any survived...
Lmao!!
It's such a magnificent beast of a machine. And it was met and the museum by its friend tiger 131 😂
Skipper nifty Yep Tiger P and Tiger H shall meet each other, and I hope that they both can stay together though Elephant would probably remain a museum piece as the thing had a huge problem of catching on either fire or the engine dieing.
Skipper nifty match made in heaven
Now imagine if they had gotten their hands on a proper porche tiger turret XD If only. Sadly the only actual Porche Tiger that saw combat was destroyed in the battle of Kursk :p
Coen van Haaster actually it went missing
A fantastic addition. No disrespect to Aberdeen, but this deserves an indoor home.
lazaglider hey them be fighting words I adored that Elefant I hugged that thing as a kid every time I went there Elefant was my first stop
Geara zulu So you'd rather be able to watch it rot away first hand, than know it is being properly looked after somewhere else?
The trouble with these old beasts is that a lick of paint every decade will not halt the effects of weather. They need to be taken care of properly if we want them to be a legacy for the future.
lazaglider hey indoor home and a proper full restoration
It is not a question of disrespect, it is a question of good sense because you don't leave a restored Elephant outside to rot again! Bovingtone is the proper place and hopefully they finish restoring inside! I don't know what is happening at Aberdeen proving ground once a very popular museum to visit...
Funny I did the same thing when I went there. Love that thing
I would love it if this machine was restored to running or even firing condition that would be awesome!!
dandel351 no parts for it anymore we'll have to make them ourselves
The only problem is that they never really ran in the first place 😂 at least not without catching on fire
@@charlesb1602 only If u drive up a small hill
At least they put Her in a building, it looked like it was going to go sit back outside and Rot even Louder. wonder about internals 😮would be Kool to see...
I got to see that tank when it was at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. It was restored there. I am so glad the Tank Museum in Bovington England got it. They have a magnificent collection which I saw in 2014.
0:41 strongest man alive confirmed.
"Don't worry, if the tank falls over I'll just grab it at the tracks! With ONE HAND!"
Despite being an ex guardsman, living in norway. i have in the past, been many times to the tank museum in bivi. and am very much, looking forward to seeing this beast, on the next visit. which i hope will be this year.
best wishes to all the guys there , that make all this happen. cheers. good luck and happy new year.
I miss the days of going to the Aberdeen museum to see that tank. I live a half hour from Aberdeen, so many memories of seeing this up close, climbing on it. Fun times. I am glad to see it fully restored. I watched the video of the restoration.. A very tough job, superb outcome.
I remember seeing it back in the early 80's at ABD when she was still painted gray.
OMG, I would pee my self with excitement if I was in traffic and saw that truck with the Ferdi behind!
Absolutely correct. I was wondering how many of the general traffic actually knew what was on that trailer. They never even covered it during transportation. I'd still be gibbering about it for the next few months at least, had I seen it "live" on the transport.
Even if they didn't know about the tank, its really not everyday you see a tank being hauled somewhere.
I'd be laughing my ass off and try to snap a photo of it while it was stopped at a red light or something.
There's precisely two Ferdinands in existence; I'd have followed it! :-)
Ola Justin its Elefant
2:30 thumbs up to these men laying the patches. These are true workers.
Was magnificent to see this in person last week. Spent two amazing days over at the tank museum. Greetings from Finland. :)
Its bleeping huge. That gun holy moly. Awesome. Tiger was there to have a reunion nice.
When the vehicle was in the air, you could really see how the wheels were in pairs which is really cool. Also love how you have a little 2.5 tonne forklift when you have such huge vehicles to move
Aww man it's still got the stock 88mm gun. Do you know how much grind you have in front of you to get the 128mm...
allcartuner Oh look,a World of Tanks player.
One of the worst grinds in the game for me. That was before the buff.
Researched the ferdy through the tiger p. I liked the tiger p enough to grind the ferdy while going through the the td line for the jagd 2.
Oh you mean that 128 that was never actually fitted to any elephant ever, because it did not exist yet?
Google what a joke is. It will take you far in life I'm sure.
Play the first minute or so backwards and you could sell it as a mad American rampaging through England in a German tank!
That is one LARGE tank destroyer!
And a bad one but cool anyways
@@masterolof138 where was that bad?
@@K877 transmisson
Wow, this is amazing! Nice to see David Willey again as well. Never knew the full name of this thing.
It’s striking how modern and capable that vehicle looks. Pity about the tank it’s carrying! 😉
Wow. Going down the multilane on the flatbed you really get an idea of that tanks size. And to think those tow and lift hooks were welded on 72 years ago in a factory that probably no longer exists. Amazing video. Thanks.
I hope Jingles made a video about this.
Well it is on the Tank Museum channel itself as they filmed it, so wouldn't be surprised if they told him to say it as i'm sure not everyone has had to the tour in person!
Fascinating - what a massive tank destroyer.
КОСОВО ЈЕ АЛБАНИЈА The Elefant is basically the same size as a Jagdtiger.
КОСОВО ЈЕ АЛБАНИЈА Yes that is true, but they were the same size.
Also the Elefant had a 8.8 cm gun.
Going to be brilliant birthday treat going and seeing it!!!
Thanks.
So glad I got to see it while it was there
Great addition to the collection. Hope to visit on another Tiger Day.
It looks amazing! I really hope I can cross the pond and check out this place.
saw this bad boy last week among its monstrous friends 🙂 well worth a visit
It is a thing of beauty.
Cool, watch those volumes when mixing.
Can't wait to visit in April
wow it didn't even burst into flame
Excellent! I'm glad he arrived safely. :]
That Ferdinand was in crazy good condition wait did they fix it up?
The Koenigsegg MAN yes back in the US - there’s an interesting restoration documentary on it on you tube.
beautiful
в конце так эпично 2 брата встретились когда подвезли фердинанда а тигр ждал его, будто встреча
Such a rare piece of weaponry and history. Only 2 of theses creations exist. I wonder what Ferdinand Porsche would think about it
I imagine this as "Thomas the train engine"-esque montage. Haha.
Did anyone else notice that the tank training area sign looked suspiciously like a TOG II?
Pouring with rain on arrival... welcome to England
Nicely restored.
Only the outside. The inside is a whole different story. Plus it sat on display outside for years here in the States.
Years is a understatement, it sat outside for six decades.
What a beast
I'm sad that I wasn't able to see the collection it was a part of here in the U.S. before it was closed, but at least I'll get to see this once I finally make my inevitable trip over to Bovington.
It should be in the US again by now
All the Tiger types in one building wow, that i gota see :)
This is the Aberdeen Proving Ground Elefant!!!! I wonder why they traded it off??? I saw it about forty years ago when it was painted gray and long before it's restoration.
They closed the museum, so unfortunately they farmed all of the tanks to different locations.
A good tank:)
with schnapps and bretzels :)
Oh hell no
It looks very good but it was quite, quite awfull.
It would have been good if they melted the failed porsche chassis and made it into stugs
Well yes but actually no
What a rare machine.
Please keep this (and anything else from Aberdeen) in a proper indoor museum.... I hated visiting Aberdeen because their idea of a museum was placing great artifacts outside and letting them rust
Majestic
IT'S MAGNIFICENT
I can't wait to see this....
WELL DONE ! :) You must have driven past my home in da New Forest I missed seeing it. LOL.
The best Porsche ever made
Was this the tank destroyer that used to be at APG, Maryland. It looks like the one they restored a few years back.
Yes, that's the one. There are only two remaining in the world, this one and Ferdinand at the Kubinka Tank Museum.
@@martinmacary5946 awesome piece of history!
Very Nice!!!!
I guess it's not running under it's own power? That's surprising because it looks so good!
the only Porsche i want more than a 959
cool comment, plain and simple!
been to the museum and seen it, looks great next to Tiger 131, the 2 King Tigers and Jagdtiger
james smart - I didn't think it was on display until April (as he said in the video)?
its in the place where the display will be, so can be seen now ok, lots been to see it, I took lots pics etc, they will build the display around it, It is on show now to see though, hope you get to see it
james smart - Cheers. I hope to go in May/June.
Please keep our Elefant warm and happy at your lovely civilian-run and charitably-funded museum. Since the US Army's in charge of spending their own money to build our new museum, you can bet we'll never see her again and the whole matter will be eventually abandoned due to "budgetary concerns". "We get x number of dollars from Congress. And you want us to spend some of that limited amount on old tanks that can't kill anything anymore instead of bombs and missiles??? Yeah, sure thing, maybe next year", the generals will say.
At least they had the dignity to send them to good homes instead of leaving them to rust in the open like at Kubinka (also controlled by the military). Maybe if you're good we'll send you Anzio Annie, too. I don't think you've got one of those.
Sincerely, Tank Lovers of the USA
Its going back to the U.S to a new museum i don't know where though but i think it will be inside
in some shots on the trailer you can see how much it bends
It would have been fun to sit and traverse the gun towards the cars behind, when stopped at red lights :-)
God, imagine driving down the highway and you see that truck with the tank on the back.
Good Idea to group the family together for a show.
I honestly did not know the Elefant had a bow machine gun!
It's the main feature it has over the Ferdinand. The Ferdinands didn't have a machinegun so it was easy to overrun it with infantry.
Oh no .. that got driven down a motorway close to where i live 😮 gutted i didnt know about this beforehand 😐
Choose a volume level and stay with it. Turn it up to hear the voices, get blasted by music at 2x volume
Hey this is from Virginia
Imagine the effort to move an elephant bataillon? pretty nightnare - but 80 years later the attraction for a museum. Imagine Tigerfest without tiger, panther, stug, elephant?
The invasion arrived, a bit late, but far more admired than in 1940 ...
Now all you need to do is somehow get your hands on a Tiger (P), then its complete.
General_Dave_1 All of the Tiger (P) tanks were converted into either Ferdinands or Elefants.
Gladiator Z56 Indeed, essentially meaning this (the Elephant) is the closest thing.
all but one, Panzerbefehlswagen Tiger (P) turret number 003 wasn't, but it was lost in combat
Hunter12396 But where?
@@shoji_3440 we don't know where it is
Amazing.
Please next King Tiger!
Is this some sort of ´´Here, our museum lends this tank to you for 6 Months´´ or have you bought the Tank, if so, how much does a Panzerjäger Tiger (P), in this condition, cost ?
Its a long term loan. The museum in Aberdeen is closing down, and the collection is either being sent to the new armor museum in Ft. Lee or distributed to various museums in the interim. Bovington is not only well equipped to care for the Ferdinand/Elefant, but it also fits nicely with their collection of extremely rare armored vehicles. At least at Bovington people can still go and see it, whereas if it were still in the US it would likely end up in a warehouse until the new Ft. Lee museum opens in 2020.
Bradley Long hey we love our Elefant I'm excited that she's in England but can't till she comes back in 2019
can we get the French tiger2 that actually works? in Bovington
Nah, we prefer to keep it.
It is in a good and warm spot, few meters asside a running Panther, and an *AMX 50B*... for all those World of Tanks fans, this is something to see ;)
give us your tiger2 and we can put the french and english rivalry behind us...sounds fair right? :)
RAY RAY Nice try you cheeky brit. we prefer to keep it. ;) keep your brexit for you :P feel free to feel superior alone, out of Europe. (jk fam)
nah i didnt vote to leave it nut how about i give you a Crème brûlée for that tiger2? you dont get them in france only in england :)
RAY RAY you damn rosbif! so unfair! we are the ones that have that priviledge ! for le musée of Saumur also have an all-mighty Batignolles Chatillon 25 tonnes in it ! MUAHAHAHAHAHA ! la baguette for the win!
______
Plus, we already have a fully trained crew in it, while your guys are only at 50% *wink**wink*
I'm just now noticing it has front and rear drive sprockets?
Gut 👏🏻
yeah
I want that tank puller, so I can go get more tanks.
Why were the vision slits welded over? Whare was it sitting before it's restoration?
please upload a video of you moving the jagdtiger and tiger 2s
Tiger Turret + Ferdiand Body = Tiger P
AWESOME
I'll bet the first thing people thought when they saw this thing going down the road was that they thought it was some kind of modern military vehicle when in fact this vehicle was in service when their parents were young.
The Holy Grail of Tanks (or SPGs) since it fought at Kursk. Not sure if the other surviving Elefant is a Kursk vet.
So... your addressing the... ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM? EH? EH? That's some tank humor for you.
let's hope there are no hills nearby
Anyone here knows anything about motorized cranes like the two lifting the Elefant? Why do they always lift the wheels off the ground, and so high at that? You'd think they'd want to keep the CG as low as possible. I can't see a benefit to it.
Great they have a Ferdinand now, looking forward to seeing that next tankfest
Whitetiger This is the premodification model, the Elefant not the Ferdinando. There is some subtle distinction
Your Nostradamus I've always heard of them as being the same tank just under different names.
Whitetiger the ferdinand has a machine gun mount to counter infantry. they realised after the Elefant was deployed at kursk that without a machine gun it was not good. I think that is the distinction
Whitetiger although the differences are minor so you could just call them both the same
Your Nostradamus oh okay
Did you see the cranes in the beginning? Half their wheels are off the ground!
i wonder are there any tiger p hull remnant out there somewhere that havent being convert to ferdinand/elefant
Ronald Pradesya there were 100 hulls made 90 were made into the Ferdinand/elephant and 10 were made into recovery tanks
Closed captions said it would be available in 2070... Only 52 years left! Woohoo!
Now they just need to send it to the Weald Foundarion to get it running again.
Is that Elefant in running order? The Tank Overhaul documentary didn't show the inside. I would very much like to see the Elefant driving around.
The interior is in poor condition and it will never run on the original engine\drivetrain. Even if they could restore it by some miracle it is too complicated and unreliable.
That's such a shame. The Ferdinand/Elefant is my favourite tank destroyer/self propelled gun of all time.
I noticed the bow machine gun is lost
I really wish I could go and see the museum but I live in Canada 😔
It's worth the journey! If you do decide to make the trip try to get to Tankfest, it makes a huge difference seeing them driving around rather than just sitting static inside the Museum (though that is good too).
Akm72 thanks
@@skydivingmoose1671 if you stll didn't go it's coming back to the U.S in late 2019 maybe sooner
i want to work here
the problem with this tank is that they produced only 90 og them, while Soviets produced 20 heavy tanks per one of those
"If you want to come and see it" are you kidding every tank nut in the country will come, me included :), great exhibition can't wait, one question does it run?
Modern BMW driving by like: "Oh, an old Porsche? How does it feel to be old and obsolete? Could've been better in BMW's hands just saying."
Porsche Elefant: "Kid's these days...."
Tiger 131 just casually standing about :-)
Exhar Khun well it wants to see its brother
Heard a rumour that the Tiger2 runner might be at tiger meet. Anyone confirm. I think it is highly unlikely but it would be epic if true.
Unless you are gonna ship it from france to Britian wont happen buddy