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Sturmtiger - assault tank based on Tiger I chassis. Armed with 380 mm rocket mortar converted from battle damaged tanks; Tiger II (Panzer VI B, Sd.Kfz. 182, also known as Königstiger) was armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun; Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) - Based on Tiger II chassis. Tank destroyer armed with a 128 mm PaK 44 gun (L/55)
The Tank Destroyer Command eventually numbered over 100,000 men and 80 battalions each equipped with 36 self-propelled tank destroyers or towed guns. The first US tank destroyer was a 75 mm gun on a half-track chassis M10 tank destroyer. Only a few shots were expected to be fired from any firing position. Strong reconnaissance elements were ...
T28 super-heavy tank: Tank destroyer United States: Only a couple prototypes built; never used in the war M18 Hellcat: Tank destroyer United States: M36 tank destroyer: Tank destroyer United States: M40 gun motor carriage: Self-propelled artillery United States: T40/M9 tank destroyer: Tank destroyer United States: M41 howitzer motor carriage ...
Rebox from X with new parts 32568: German Tank Destroyer Marder III M: 2010: No: Rebox from X with new parts 32569: German Heavy Tank Destroyer Jagdtiger (Sd.Kfz. 186) Early Production: 2010: Yes - 32570: German Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. A/B/C (Sd.Kfz. 121) (French Campaign) 2011: Yes - 32571: Russian Heavy Tank JS-2 Model 1944 ChKZ: 2012: Yes ...
Development of the project was started in mid-1935, arising from France's proposal for a new self-propelled, infantry support assault gun. Having no existing tanks of this type in service, two manufacturers submitted designs built upon existing medium tanks: SOMUA, with the Somua SAu 40 based on the chassis of the SOMUA S35 medium cavalry tank, and ARL, with the ARL 40, developed using parts ...
Nashorn (German: [ˈnaːsˌhɔɐ̯n], German for "rhinoceros"), initially known as Hornisse (German "hornet"), was a German Panzerjäger ("tank hunter") of World War II.It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassis based on the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks with the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun.
Although the producers claimed it could be rearmed with a 105 mm gun, [6] between 1983 and 1985, 163 of these tank destroyers were converted into Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 2 anti-tank guided missile carriers by removing the gun, adding a roof-mounted TOW missile launcher and fastening further spaced and perforated armour on the hull.
The M39 armored utility vehicle (T41) is an American armored vehicle designed during the Second World War, which saw service in that conflict and in the Korean War.Like a number of vehicles of this type, it was built using an existing chassis, that of the M18 Hellcat.