tazzieman Posted 7March, 2018 Report Share Posted 7March, 2018 An ingenious...flop! https://www.quora.com/Why-was-the-Elefant-heavy-tank-destroyer-such-an-abyssmal-failure " It had two gasoline engines powering separate electrical engines to propel the tracks. Innovative, but this was prone to mechanical failures and was overly complex for a war machine." But interesting nonetheless. The company was pretty busy in those times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 7March, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 7March, 2018 "two 300 PS (296 hp; 221 kW) Maybach HL 120 TRM engines. The engines drove a single Siemens-Schuckert 500 VA generator, which powered two Siemens 230 kW (312.7 PS) output-apiece electric motors, one each connected to each of the rear sprockets. The electric motors also acted as the vehicle's steering unit. This "petrol-electrical" drive delivered 0.11 km/l (909 litres/100 km) off-road and 0.15 km/l (667 litres/100 km) on road at a maximum speed of 10 km/h off-road and 30 km/h on road. In addition to this high fuel consumption and poor performance, the vehicle was maintenance-intensive; the sprockets needed to be changed every 500 km. Porsche had experience of this form of petrol-electric transmission extending back to 1901, when he designed a car that used it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZ930 Posted 7March, 2018 Report Share Posted 7March, 2018 and it was air cooled, rear engine with torsion bar suspension. Sounds familiar.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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