https://youtu.be/P9OCWfm9al0?t=41m30s
So I looked up. I looked at the entire scene, where the Elefant, for no reason, is ordered to move forward, to OVERPASS a T-34, effectively getting itself outflanked.
To make the fail even worse, the Elefant turns its back towards the enemy front.
In this case, the Elefant dies to a massive misplay, after it overextends and gets itself voluntarily flanked.
The reason I got confused however, was that Brosras used the same strategy you proclaim as the cure earlier on:
https://youtu.be/P9OCWfm9al0?t=27m48s
The fact that the Elefant exists causes Brosras to commit the sacrificial T-34's to move in. He sends in 3 of them (not piecemeal as indicate), goes through an unmined flank and of course, loses all of them.
By that point, the Elefant has already payed for itself, and I didn't even count the direct kills that Elefant scored.
So, yes. Elefants do die to massive misplay and overextending. That's not a very reliable way to counter an Elefant though, is it?
Is there another massive-attack vs the Elefant I missed?
Thanks for looking into the video further. I don't ever remember remember "proclaiming" this to be the "cure" for countering the elephant. Thanks again for putting words in my mouth and consistently trying to disagree with me as opposed to finding common ground.
This is the strategy I would use to take down elephants. I think brosras has the right idea with diving with all his tanks as opposed to one by one, but where his plan failed (the first time) was that he dived at the wrong time and with no support. The second time he dived (and took out the elephant) he had his USF ally helping distract the elephant (which is why it moved forward btw) and was far more effective. I'd the enemy is blobbing their tanks, work as a team to take them out, or force them to react by forcing engagements elsewhere. Note the game ended a few minutes after the elephant was killed.
The problem here isn't the elephant being over powered with its alpha damage, it's with a lack of team coordination. That's why first dove failed and second one succeeded.
Another option he could've done was attack the right base sector since the axis would then have to spread their forces and leave the elephant undefended.
Elephants weakness is mobility. Exploit it instead of fighting the losing battles and playing into the enemy hands.