Jagdpanzer

Jagdpanzer (JgPz), (German: “hunting tank”), is a name given to German self-propelled anti-tank guns. It typically refers to anti-tank variants of existing tank chassis with a well-armoured casemate fixed superstructure, mounting an anti-tank gun with limited traverse in the front, and usually classed by the western Allies of World War II as a tank destroyer.

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Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer (Bayeux, France)

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The Jagdpanzer designs followed on from the more lightly armoured Panzerjäger (“tank hunter”) designs, which took an anti-tank gun and mounted it on top of a tank chassis with supplementary armour fitted around the gun crew. However, the armour had a open rear and top, almost never providing the crew with full protection from the elements. In addition, much experience was gained from the Sturmgeschütz series of assault guns for infantry support, which already used heavily armoured casemates, completely enclosing the vehicle’s crew. Although they were associated with artillery and infantry support, they were often used in the anti-tank role.

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Tank destroyers of World War II in the Jagdpanzer classification include:

Jagdpanzer 38(t)—sometimes known as “Hetzer“, based on the Panzer 38(t) tank
Jagdpanzer IV—based on the Panzer IV tank
Jagdpanther— 88mm gun based on the Panther tank
Ferdinand/Elefant— “Panzerjäger Tiger (P)”,88 mm PaK on VK 4501 (P) chassis, but only bearing the earlier Panzerjäger designation.
Jagdtiger— formally “Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B “, 128mm gun based on the Tiger II tank with the Sturmgeschütz III often used for such needs, the earliest (1940) operational turretless German AFV to have a fully casemated hull.