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OUT OF PRODUCTION, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT HARD TO FIND, AND ONLY A FEW LEFT. NO RESTOCKS!!! THIS WAS THE FIRST JAGDPANZER IV RELEASED BY DRAGON ARMOR. PLEASE NOTE:
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Dragon Armor German Jagdpanzer IV L/70, Late Production, Germany 1945, #60232. This model depicts a vehicle fighting in 1945 in the defense of Germany, with a very realistic two-tone camouflage paint scheme that is also authentically weathered. Also included are other appropriate late production features such as the correct return rollers and the modified rear exhaust system. | • Type of Model: Pre-Assembled Diecast Model
• Year of Release: 2006
• Scale: 1:72 Scale
• Product Attributes: High Quality, Detailed, Accurate Jagdpanzer IV L/70 Late Production Mold With Full Details, Highly Collectible, Correct Return Rollers and The Modified Rear Exhaust System For The Late Production Model, True-Scale Model, Historically Accurate and Weathered 2-Tone Camouflage, Detailed and Weathered Track Links, Includes Display Case, and Ready To Display
• Type of Display Case: Black Plastic Base with Clear Acrylic Cover
Brand new, unopened, mint in box condition; PLEASE NOTE that all product packaging and boxes will have some shelf ware and may have minor imperfections like creases, folds, indentions or small tears in the boxes. |
| About the German Jagdpanzer IV L/48 and L/70 Versions (Tank Destroyer):
The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, was a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV chassis built in three main variants. It was developed against the wishes of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the Stug III. Guderian objected against the needless, in his eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank production, as the Stug III and Stug IV were still more than adequate for their role.
The first prototype of the Jagdpanzer IV was presented to the German Fuehrer in October 1943, with production eventually commencing in January 1944. Based on the chassis, running gear and drive train of the Panzer IV, this specialist “tank hunter” was low-slung and had well-sloped armor. The vertical hull front of the Pz.Kpfw. IV was replaced by two angled plates that provided a sharp nose. The early production model mounted a 7.5cm PaK39 L/48 gun.
On later variants, the much larger PaK 42 meant that the Jagdpanzer IV was quite heavy in the nose, especially with the heavy frontal armor. This made them less mobile and more difficult to operate in rough terrain, leading their crews to nickname them Guderian-Ente; Guderian's Duck.
Jagdpanzer IV served in the anti-tank sections of Panzer and SS Panzer divisions. They fought in Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge and on the Eastern Front (WWII). They were very successful tank destroyers, but performed badly when used out of the role as substitutes for tanks or assault guns, as most tank-destroyers did.
In the later stages of the war however, they were increasingly used as tank substitutes, because there was often nothing else available.
One of the more notable Jagdpanzer IV aces was SS-Oberscharführer Roy from the 12th SS Panzerjäger Abteilung of 12th SS Panzer Division (He destroyed more than 36 tanks). He was killed by an American sniper while looking out of the hatch of his Jagdpanzer IV on December 17, 1944 during the Ardennes Offensive in Belgium.
After the war, West Germany continued the Jagdpanzer concept with the Kanonenjagdpanzer, but few other fixed-casemate self-propelled guns were built postwar. |
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