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# Ferdinand and Elefant Tank Destroyer (General Military) Hardcover – April 21, 2015

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## Customer Reviews

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    Excellent data, difficult to read.
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2015*

As someone who owns many texts written by German nationals, I have to preface this by stating that the grammar and syntax seem to have suffered significantly from being poorly translated or at least written in English, by someone who's sentence structure in their native language is far different from ours. I find myself sitting with a pen and erasing needless words, or changing others so that they make sense to a native English speaker.That said, this is a very fine book, with some incredibly rare photographs. The author even manages to get in a brief chapter on the Sturmmorser Panzer, which I feel is one of the rarer, and more interesting tanks of the Second World War. Moreover, the author admits from the start that the Ferdinands did have a flawed drive system, but brings up many of their positive points as well. Mr. Anderson discusses the merits of the Ferdinand and compares it with the rivals it faced in Africa and Russia, especially the T-34. The author even went to the trouble of conducting numerous oral history interviews with Russian tankers, in order to get a feel for how they felt the Ferdinand performed in comparison with their vehicles, and whether they suffered from similar mechanical reliability issues.Lastly, Mr. Andersen covers many of the technical subsystems of the Ferdinands in detail, including the evolution of the canons utilized as well as the small arms carried on-board. Overall, this is an excellent reference work for the WWII armored warfare enthusiast, provided that one can look past the syntax and grammar issues.

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    Ferdinand Was One Part of an Integrated Weapons System
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2015*

The translation to English is a little "odd" at times, but the information is quite interesting.  The Ferdinand was a part of a weapons system intended to be the answer to cracking the Russian defenses at Kursk.  It was, along with the Brumbar (Grizzly Bear) armored vehicle and the various Funk Link vehicles supposed to open lanes to the mine fields and to demolish fortified structures.  According to some records the integrated weapons system initially worked well, but quickly ran into numerous problems.  The Ferdinand was complicated and not a particularly durable vehicle (with many engineering shortcomings), the Brumbar initially used recycled and worn out Mk IV chassis that were not up to the task and the radio controlled vehicles were not numerous enough to overcome all the battlefield obstacles (considerable and in depth).  Many new photos were in the book which are quite interesting too.  Altogether this is an interesting book for WWII armor students and enthusiasts.

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    Wrongly Titled, Poorly Edited and Very Disappointing
  

*by E***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2016*

I was looking for technical/mechanical details on this German tank destroyer.  Instead, the book deals with practically every other piece of armor in the German war inventory plus details of the organizational structure of various panzer units their designations and re-designations throughout the war years.  If that isn't bad enough, the reader is bombarded with seemingly endless diary entries of some geek in the HQ battalion of the 9th Army who gives a play by play of the daily activities of the army during various operations.  The author does not really say much about the Ferdinand until you are nearly half way through the book when he decides to talk about Operation Citadel (Kursk offensive).  Only then did I find out that the fuel tanks were located in the engine compartment; many thanks for that.  There are NO cutaway views or schematics dealing with the interior and there are NO photographs of the interior either.  The work was supposedly edited but it appears that the editor failed to read most of the text because the book is full of typographical errors.  For some reason many publishers these days place little value on spelling and sentence structure.  To be fair, the photos are good (b&w) though even the captions had typos!  If you are looking for in depth technical/mechanical details on the Ferdinand/Elephant don't waste your money on this book.

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