91 Ferdinands/Elefants were constructed, 89 of which saw action at Kursk, in two schwere Panzerjäger Abteilungen (one with 44, one with 45 Ferdinands) - the 653 and 654. s.Pz.Jäg.Abt. 653 was later rearmed with Jagdtigers, and s.Pz.Jäg.Abt. was rearmed with Jagdpanthers.

<r> Regarding wheter ti use ISU or JSU.<br/>
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'ISU' (as well as 'IS' and 'KB') is the spelling in Cyrillic letters. If you use these designations, you should also use the Cyrillic 'CCCP' for the Soviet Union, and 'MOCKBA' for Moscow, etc. This would quickly get tiresome, and would create ...

<t> Regarding the Pz.Kpfw. IV confusion.<br/>
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The Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F had the 7.5cm. Kw.K. L/24 gun.<br/>
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The first 200 Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. G had the 7.5cm. Kw.K. L/43 gun, after which it was changed to the 7.5cm. Kw.K. L/48 gun, which was retained for the duration of the war. The Pz ...

Don't blaime you - for a lot of people, this information was first taught them many years ago, and it has become accepted by the entire community...

<r>Thanks for posting the link here Fabio! (And thanks for visiting everyone <E>;)</E>)<br/>
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As for your question - I got my info from the Panzer Tracts series, which uses German documents from the war only. This is why they have discovered many of the flaws that originated from poor Allied ...