Dragon Armor – Jagdpanther V ( Sd.Kfz.173 Early Prod.) w/Zimmerit , ‘314’ 3./sPz.Jg.Abt. 654 Wehrmacht , France 1944

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- sběratelský model tanku Jagdpanther  Sd.Kfz.173 1/72 
- provedení: plastový model
- model je v kvalitním provedení

                    Jagdpanther  Sd.Kfz.173 

Jagdpanzer V (nebo Panzerjäger V) Panther, Jagdpanther nebo Sd. Kfz. 173 byl německý těžký stíhač tanků vyráběný během druhé světové války. Celkem bylo vyrobeno 415 kusů Jagdpantherů. Přestože se jednalo o velice kvalitní typ, který měl účinnou výzbroj, dobrou pohyblivost i pancéřovou ochranu, v počtu pouhých několika set kusů nemohl situaci na frontě nijak ovlivnit.

The Jagdpanther (German: “hunting panther”), Sd.Kfz.173, is a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service in 1944 during the later stages of the war on the Eastern and Western Fronts.

The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8 cm KwK 43 cannon of the Tiger II and the armor and suspension of the Panther chassis, although it suffered from the general poor state of German ordnance production, maintenance and training in the later part of the war, which resulted in small production numbers, shortage of spare parts and poor crew readiness.

A total of 415 Jagdpanthers were produced from January 1944 by three manufacturers. MIAG in Braunschweig produced 270 from January 1944 until the end of the war. Maschinenfabrik Niedersachsen-Hannover (MNH) produced 112 from November 1944. Maschinenbau und Bahnbedarf (MBA) in Potsdam produced 37 vehicles from December 1944. Planned production had been 150 a month, but the disruption to German manufacturing had made this impossible.

Jagdpanther equipped heavy antitank battalions (schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilungen) and served mainly on the Eastern Front.In the West, they were first encountered in very small numbers late in the Battle of Normandy, where the German 654 schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung (“654th Heavy Antitank Battalion”) deployed about 12 Jagdpanthers against British units. Later, significant numbers were concentrated in the West for the Ardennes Offensive.