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The VK 30.01 (D) and VK 30.02 (D), also known as VK.3001 (DB) were two tank designs made by Daimler Benz submitted for the VK 30 project for a 30 tonne tank to be used by the German army. The Versuchskonstruktion 30.01 (D) and 30.02 (D), in English "experimental design 30 tonnes Daimler", [ a ] was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 and ...
At the beginning of 1937, the Weapon Testing Office (Wa Prüf 6) of the German Army's Ordnance Office (Heereswaffenamt) contracted with Henschel & Son (chassis) and Krupp (turret) for a 30-tonne (29.5-long-ton; 33.1-short-ton) heavy breakthrough (Durchbruchswagen) tank with 50-millimetre (2 in) armor on the front and sides of the hull and the turret.
German tank destroyers of World War II used fixed casemates instead of fully rotatable turrets to significantly reduce the cost, weight, and materials necessary for mounting large-caliber guns. A wooden mockup of the Jagdtiger presented to Adolf Hitler on 20 October 1943, seen here behind the Italian medium tank Carro Armato P 26/40
Pages in category "World War II tank destroyers of Germany" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Translated from German, Jagdpanzer meaning "hunting tank". It typically refers to anti-tank variants of existing tank chassis with a well-armored casemate superstructure that mount an anti-tank gun with limited traverse in the front. [1] These vehicles were classified by the western Allies of World War II as a tank destroyer. [2]
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 VK 45.01 (P), also informally known as Tiger (P) or Porsche Tiger, was a heavy tank prototype designed by Porsche in Germany.With a dual engine gasoline-electric drive that was complex and requiring significant amounts of copper, it lost out to its Henschel competitor on trials, it was not selected for mass production and the Henschel design was produced as the Tiger I.
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 ...