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Panzerjäger (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 "tank-hunters") are German
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
 armoured fighting vehicle
Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle is a military vehicle, protected by vehicle armour and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in rugged terrain....
s of the Second World War
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
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designation "Panzerjäger" is derived from the branch of service going by the same name.






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Panzerjäger (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 "tank-hunters") are German
Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
 armoured fighting vehicle
Armoured fighting vehicle

An armoured fighting vehicle is a military vehicle, protected by vehicle armour and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving in rugged terrain....
s of the Second World War
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

Origin of the name

The designation "Panzerjäger" is derived from the branch of service going by the same name. "Jäger" (German
German language

German is a West Germanic languages, thus related to and classified alongside English language and Dutch language. It is one of the world's world language and the most widely spoken mother tongue in the European Union....
 "hunter") was the common labeling for highly mobile infantry troops in German armies. Units designated to fight tanks were named "Panzerjäger" and so were their vehicles. Comparable to their tasks were the allied tank destroyer
Tank destroyer

A self-propelled anti-tank gun, or tank destroyer, is a type of armoured fighting vehicle designed specifically to engage enemy armor forces, and not produced for an infantry support role....
s, though their design was quite different.

Development

The Panzerjäger (abbreviated to Pz.Jg. in German) were anti-tank vehicles produced by taking an existing anti-tank gun complete with gun shield from its carriage and mounting it on a tracked chassis to give a mobile anti-tank gun.

Development of the Panzerjäger idea started before the start of the war and continued until about 1943 when the better protected Jagdpanzer
Jagdpanzer

Jagdpanzer , German language: "Hunting tank", is a name for Germany tank destroyers.It typically refers to anti-tank variants of existing tank chassis with a well-armoured casemate fixed superstructure, mounting an anti-tank gun with limited traverse in the front....
 ("Hunting tanks") designs took over. Panzerjäger continued to serve until the end of the war.

The chassis used were mostly from obsolete tank designs or captured tanks. This made them cheap to build and put otherwise old and worthless equipment to use. Despite the resulting shortcomings of light armour and high silouette they were successful in their intended role.

Combat use

Panzerjäger vehicles were often deployed as a whole Abteilung within Panzer and Panzergrenadier divisions in both SS and Heer. This Abteilung would operate alongside their Panzer forces, helping to quell the usually overwhelming numbers of Allied Armour.

Designs

Notable tank destroyers in the Panzerjäger classification were:

  • Panzerjäger I
    Panzerjäger I

    The Panzerj?ger I was the first of the Panzerj?ger designs for Nazi Germany tank destroyers in the Second World War. It was based on the converted chassis of the Panzer I Ausf....
     - 47 mm PaK on Panzer I
    Panzer I

    The Panzer I is a light tank which was produced in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. The name is short for the German ' , abbreviated '. The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was Sonderkraftfahrzeug 101 ....
     chassis
  • Marder I
    Marder I

    The Marder I "Marten" was a Nazi Germany World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm anti-tank gun. Most Marder I's were built on the base of the Lorraine 37L, a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than three hundred after the Battle of France in 1940....
     - 75 mm PaK on captured French chassis, the Lorraine 37L
    Lorraine 37L

    The Lorraine 37L or Tracteur de ravitaillement pour chars 1937 L, was a light tracked armoured vehicle developed during the Interbellum by the Lorraine to a French Army requirement....
  • Marder II
    Marder II

    The Marder II was a Nazi Germany tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis....
     - 75 mm PaK or reused Soviet 76.2 mm gun on Panzer II
    Panzer II

    Panzer II is the common name of a Nazi Germany tank used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II . Designed as a stopgap while other tanks were developed, it played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Invasion of Poland and Battle of France....
     chassis
  • Marder III
    Marder III

    The Marder III is the name for a series of World War II Germany tank destroyers built on the chassis of the Panzer 38. They were in production from 1942 to 1944 and served on all fronts until the end of the war....
     - 75 mm PaK or reused Soviet 76.2 mm gun on Czech-built Panzer 38(t)
    Panzer 38(t)

    The Panzerkampfwagen 38 was a Czechoslovakian tank used by Germany during World War II. . The special vehicle designation for the tank in Germany was Sd.Kfz....
     chassis
  • Hornisse/Nashorn
    Nashorn

    Nashorn , initially known as Hornisse was a Nazi Germany tank destroyer of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 and was armed with the outstanding PaK 43 anti-tank gun....
     - 88 mm PaK on composite Panzer III
    Panzer III

    Panzer III is the common name of a medium tank that was developed in the 1930's by Nazi Germany and used extensively in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen III "armoured battle wagon"....
    /Panzer IV
    Panzer IV

    The Panzerkampfwagen IV , commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the World War II....
     chassis


See also

  • Deacon
    Deacon (artillery)

    The AEC Mk I Gun Carrier, known as Deacon, was a United Kingdom armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War. It was an attempt to make the Ordnance QF 6 pounder anti-tank gun into a self-propelled artillery piece....
     - a British mobile anti-tank gun.