But the French did not have a 21cm mortar in service. In October 1942, the two entries were evaluated and the Henschel prototype was accepted for mass production which became the infamous Tiger I tank.Īn early proposal was to convert the VK 45.01 (P) chassis to be a Ferdinand Sturmgeschütz with a captured French 21cm mortar. During test trails at Berka, Germany, the VK 45.01 (P) competed against the Henschel identically-armed VK 45.01 (H) H1 prototype which proved to be superior in performance.
In preparation for production, 100 chassis were built and 9 were used for prototypes. Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a new 45-ton heavy tank, the VK 45.01 (P). Its combat debut was during Operation Citadel (German: Unternehmen Zitadelle, AKA the Battle of Kursk) in July 1943 where it was misused as a direct assault weapon and suffered heavy losses.ĭr.
The Ferdinand Sd.Kfz.184 was a 70 ton panzerjäger (tank hunter) armed with a 88mm Pak 43/2 L/71 main gun and used by the Germans during WWII.
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