Elefant on display at Bovington tank museum

[paulscoot]

Don't know if anyone else here saw this on face book ,but a German Elefant tank destroyer was posted being unloaded at Southampton docks (Bovington tank museum live) apparently its on loan from the US Army Ordanance & Heritage centre (Wonder how much the freight cost ?) and is to be part of an upcoming display of the Tiger Tank family at Bovington tank museum (This one would be big Daddy one would think) on youtube there's a a bit of film of it in transit ! Merry Christmas Tank buffs ,Regards ,Paul

[Gunny Hartmann]

At least they've tidied the thing up, the last photos i saw of it showed the Elefant rusting in a field at the Aberdeen proving ground!...

[Martin Bull]

Yes, this should be interesting and a boys' day out is already in the planning stage.....

http://tankmuseum.org/year-news/bovnews53855

[HistoryMan]

Nice one, have to visit again next year !

[robin morley]

Tickets already purchased for Tankfest this year so will get a chance for a decent look at the elefant and other tigers.

[Adrian Stevenson]

I should be at Tankfest too so look forwards to seeing the expo.

[Woolgar]

I went for the first time this year and loved it so much I'm planning on going again next year !

Nick

[big ned]

At least they've tidied the thing up, the last photos i saw of it showed the Elefant rusting in a field at the Aberdeen proving ground!...

Hi Gunny,

It was restored a few years back and a documentary series called 'Tank Overhaul' was on the TV about it earlier this year. I found this clip from the programme showing some of the restoration work and giving a bit of history of this incredibly rare AFV.



Regards, Ned.

[robin morley]

Will be a first at tankfest for me. I am really looking forward to it as well.

[Tank Spotter]

It certainly is there, and on display too! I tried to match my photograph of the Ferdinand from Kubinka.

All credit to the guys at the museum for shifting everything around for when the display opens in April, the finished product is shaping up to be fantastic although It's great to be able to see it before the 'official' opening of the exhibition.






It's much easier to appreciate the awesome scale of it when you have the rest of the family to compare it to.