Waaay back I was looking into the supposed presence of at least one Elefant Heavy Tank Destroyer in Berlin. Never really got anywhere with that, but the armor usage during the battle for Berlin continues to fascinate me. In my continued re-aquaintance with my sources, I was poring through the Concord Publications Armor at War Series "Panzers in the East: (2) Decline and Defeat 1943-1945" by Michulec. Noticed this in in a caption on the last page:
"During the last two weeks of fighting in the Berlin area, the Germans lost about 850 tanks and self-propelled guns, many of them being abandoned due to breakdowns or lack of fuel."
In the admittedly relatively basic sources I've read on Berlin (the classics on the battle plus some tangential mentions in armored unit histories and so on), I've yet to come across any real expansive description of the afvs and units that used them/what they used during the battle for Berlin. Are there simply not enough records around to get a good picture of this? Only vague references and whatnot?
Or are there any sources/groups of sources out there that really go in depth into the specifics of this one?
