Although the "Elefant" modifications improved the vehicles, some problems could never be fully fixed. In 1944, the "Elefants" served on the Italian front, but were rather ineffective as their weight of nearly 70 tonnes did not allow them to use most Italian roads and bridges. As at Kursk, most "Elefant" losses were not as a direct result from combat, but resulted when mechanical breakdowns and lack of spare parts compelled their crews to destroy and abandon them. One company of "Elefants" saw action during the Soviets' January 1945 Vistula–Oder Offensive in Poland, and the last surviving vehicles were in combat at Zossen during the Battle of Berlin.