KUBINKA - RUSSIA

German Elefant, Sturmgeschutz, 8.8cm Pak43 SP Tank Destroyer. Edwin Dyer has provided information on the item in background - a Waffentrager or a VK30001H 128mm SP gun on Pzkpfw IV chassis - also known as Selbstfahrlafette L/61. Two were built on left over chassis and put into service with the 2nd Panzer Division in Russia, where it was captured.