Ok, ok, of course that in the appropriate existential conditions (that is, when in shape mechanically, fuelled, ammoed) and tactical conditions too (good field of view with long horizon, etc) the JT with that gun and that armour would be a hell of a nut to crack, of course I grant you that.

There are however some problems, as discussed above the ratio of vehicles that "did good" to vehicles that didn't make it for whatever reason seems rather low.

Also I don't understand at all when they already had a running tank with the 88 KwK 43, the Tiger II (no matter its defects, not for this discussion), being this gun the superlative piece that it was, why did the Germans have to reinvent the wheel with another super gun when the existing hardware was already way superior than anything their opposition had?

Again, as per the Elefant, why overload the logistical chain with yet another vehicle with only partial compatibility with others? And the others being the Tiger II, why not simply build more of these?

And Germany was by then in absolutely lean cow times, why go ahead with the insanity of producing these monsters? Also per the links already provided ( http://www.panzerworld.net/jagdtiger.php ), the average monthly production was ridiculously low, how can you even expect to fit a tactical unit in a decent amount of time.

All this business reeks of insanity! Or else there would have to be somebody making good money out of this

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