The Ferdinand was intended to supplant previous light panzerjГ¤gers, such as the Marder II and Marder III, in the offensive role. This precise long-range weapon was intended to destroy enemy tanks before they came within their own range of effective fire. It was therefore decided that the Porsche chassis were to be used as the basis of a new heavy panzerjГ¤ger, Ferdinand, mounting Krupp's newly developed 88В mm (3.5В in) PanzerjГ¤gerkanone 43/2 (PaK 43) anti-tank gun. Since the competing Henschel Tiger design was chosen for production, the Porsche chassis were no longer required for the Tiger tank project. Both the successful Henschel proposal and the Porsche design used the same Krupp-designed turret-the Henschel design had its turret more-or-less centrally located on its hull, while the Porsche design placed the turret much closer to the front of the superstructure. Porsche GmbH had manufactured about 100 chassis for their unsuccessful proposal for the Tiger tank, the ' Porsche Tiger', in the Nibelungenwerk factory in Sankt Valentin, Austria. Porsche's pre- Elefant, turreted Tiger I prototype

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