Thursday, 1 November 2012

Jagpanzer IV tank destroyer

The German built Jagpanzer IV was part of a new series of assault vehicles ordered after the battle of Stalingrad(September 1942-Feb 1943).It had a 75mm gun and entered production in January 1944 and saw action in Normandy and the battle of the Bulge as well as being sent to the Eastern front in limited numbers.In late 1943 the old version was replaced with a new version with a better 75mm gun.After the war a few were given to Romania and in West Germany they kept building self-propelled guns for a while,but they were not very successful.In Sweden however they built a fairly successful self-propelled gun which was their main battle tank for a while before being replaced.


Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0449.JPG

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdpanzer_IV



That's all for now!

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