Flying Elephant

Flying Elephant
A 1/48 scale model of the Flying Elephant Design B at The Tank Museum, U.K.
TypeSuper-heavy tank
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
Used byUnited Kingdom
Specifications
Massc. 100 tons (Design B)
Length8.36 m (27 ft 5 in) (Design B)
Width3 m (9 ft 10 in) (Design B)
Height3 m (9 ft 10 in) (Design B)
Crew8-10
Main
armament
57mm (6-pdr) gun (Design B)
12-pdr gun (Design A)
Secondary
armament
6 x .303 Hotchkiss MG (Design B)
EngineTwo Daimler engines
2×105 hp

The Flying Elephant was a proposed super-heavy tank, planned but never built by the British during World War I.

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