Jagdpanther: General | |||
Date of first production | January 1944 | Total acceptances | 419 |
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Jagdpanther: Dimensions | |||
Combat weight | 100,300lbs 45,500kg |
Height | 106.9" 271.5cm |
Length without gun | 270.5" 687.0cm |
Gun overhang forward | 118.1" 300.0cm |
Width with aprons | 134.6" 342.0cm |
Tread | 102.8" 261.0cm |
Ground clearance | 22.0" 56.0cm |
Fire height | 77.17" 196.0cm |
Ground pressure, zero penetration | 13psi .89kg/cm² |
Jagdpanther: Armament | ||||
Type | Mount | Ammunition | Traverse | Elevation |
8.8cm Pak 43/3 or 43/4 L/71 | Mount in front hull | 57 rounds | 22° (11° left and right; manual) |
+14° to -8° (manual) |
7.92mm M.G.34 | Ball mount in right front hull | 600 rounds | 10° (5° left and right; manual) |
+15° to -10° (manual) |
Jagdpanther: Armor | ||
Assembly | ||
Welding | ||
Hull | ||
Location | Thickness | Angle from vertical |
Upper front | 3.1" 8.0cm |
55° |
Lower front | 2.4" 6.0cm |
55° |
Upper sides | 1.8" 4.5cm |
30° |
Lower sides | 1.6" 4.0cm |
0° |
Upper rear | 1.6" 4.0cm |
35° |
Lower rear | 1.6" 4.0cm |
25° |
Top | .63" to .98" 1.6cm to 2.5cm |
83° to 90° |
Front floor | 1.2" 3.0cm |
90° |
Rear floor | .63" 1.6cm |
90° |
Gun mantlet | 3.94" 10.0cm |
Saukopfblende |
Jagdpanther: Automotive | |||||
Engine | Maybach HL230P30; 12 cylinder, 60° vee gasoline | ||||
Horsepower | 700@3000rpm | Torque | 1340 ft-lb@3000rpm | Fuel capacity | 193gal 730L |
Transmission | ZF AK 7-200 synchromesh, 7 speeds forward, 1 reverse | ||||
Steering | MAN single-radius controlled differential, steering levers | ||||
Brakes | Mechanical, disc |
Jagdpanther: Suspension | ||
Type | Road wheels | Track return rollers |
Double torsion bar | 8 independently sprung interleaved dual/track | 1/track |
Drive sprockets | Idlers | Shock absorbers | 17-tooth front drive | Adjustable at rear of track | On second and seventh road wheels/track |
Jagdpanther: Track | |||||||
Kgs 64/660/150 | |||||||
Dual center guide, single pin, steel | |||||||
Width | 26.0" 66.0cm |
Pitch | 5.90" 15.0cm |
Shoes/track | 86 | Ground contact length | 154.3" 392.0cm |
Jagdpanther: Performance | |||
Max level road speed | 34mph 55kph |
Max trench | 94.46" 245.0cm |
Max grade | 58% | Max vertical obstacle | 35.4" 90.0cm |
Min turning diameter | 29' 8.7m |
Max fording depth | 61.02" 155.0cm |
Cruising range | ~155mi, roads ~250km, roads |
Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz.173), alternatively known as Panzerjaeger Panther, utilized the chassis of Pz.Kpfw.Panther Ausf.G, and the hull glacis and sides were extended upwards to form a fighting compartment. Early production vehicles had a welded collar around the Pak 43, a monobloc main gun barrel, and two periscopes for the driver in the hull front plate. Later vehicles came equipped with a stronger bolted collar, two-piece Pak 43 barrels, and one driver's periscope. A hatch was provided in the rear wall of the superstructure for loading ammunition and performing maintenance on the gun. Later production vehicles were fitted with a strengthened ZF AK 7-400 transmission. Modifications made to Pz.Kpfw.Panther Ausf.G were grafted onto Jagdpanther, e.g., the naehverteidigunswaffe close-in defense weapon and flash-suppressing exhaust pipes.
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