- Kanonenjagdpanzer
Infobox Weapon
name=Kanonenjagdpanzer
caption=
origin=FRG
type=Tank destroyer
is_vehicle=yes
length= total: 8.75m hull: 6.29
width= 2.98
height= 2.10
weight= 25.7
suspension= torsion bar
speed= 70
vehicle_range=385
primary_armament= 1 xRheinmetall BK 90/L40 90mm anti-tank gun
secondary_armament= 2 x 7.62mmMG3 machine gun s 8 smoke dischargers
armour= ?
engine=2,94l MTU MB 837 AaV8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel-engine
engine_power=500 hp (368 kW)
pw_ratio=
crew=4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)The Kanonenjagdpanzer 4 - 5 (also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, or "tank destroyer, gun") was a German post-war
tank destroyer equipped with a 90mmanti-tank gun . Its design was very similar to that of theWorld War II Jagdpanzer IV . Between1966 and1967 , 770 were built byHanomag andHenschel for theBundeswehr . They were tracked and lightly armoured turretless vehicles, fast and highly mobile, with a crew of four (commander, driver, gunner, loader). Eighty of them were delivered toBelgium from April1975 onward.When the Soviets began to deploy their
T-64 andT-72 tanks, the 90mm gun became obsolete. Moreover, experienced World War II tank hunters pointed out the deficiencies of the casemate design, which limited the horizontal firing angle of the gun to only 15° on either side. During1983 -1985 , thus, 163 of thesetank destroyer s were converted into missile carrying tank destroyers ("Raketenjagdpanzer")Jaguar 2 by replacing the gun with a TOW missile launcher and adding some armour. The others were refitted into scout and spotting vehicles ("Beobachtungspanzer") for theartillery , particularly the mortar units, by removing the main gun.External links
* [http://www.panzerbaer.de/types/bw_kanjgpz_90-a.htm Panzerbär] (de)
* [http://members.fortunecity.de/flecktarn2/flecktarn-heer007.htm Flecktarn]
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