Back to the Ferdinand subject once more. I´ve done some investigation and here are the results:

To begin with, PzjagAbt 653 had 45 Ferdinands, under major Steinwachs. PzJagAbt 654 had 44 under major Noak, one being in Germany under repairs. Both Abts had 10 Pz III carriers for ammunition as one Ferdinand could carry 50 pieces of ammo only. Altogether 109 tanks ( with pz III´s ).

This is from Geocities.com, and according to this 44 were lost in Kursk battles ( incl Orel counterattacks )

According to members.tripod.com

the 653 lost totally destroyed Ferdinands 5.-27.7. 13 tanks. By August the 654 had only 19 left, that is loss of 25 tanks.the rest were put together with 653 and that made 50 ferdinands altogether to use in full force. They were used in the Dnepropetrovsk battle.

During 5.-27.7. the 653 destroyed 320 russian tanks, numerous trucks and at-guns. On 14 th july one ferdinand alone reported having destroyed 22 russian tanks alone!

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