Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer (Bayeux)
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Second World War 1939-1945, tank on display
The Jagdpanzer 38 (Sd.Kfz. 138/2), later known as Hetzer ("pursuer/hunter"), was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis.
It was better armored than the thinly armoured earlier Panzerjäger Marder and Nashorn with a sloped armour front plate of 60 mm sloped back at 60 degrees from the vertical (equivalent in protection to about 120 mm), carried a reasonably powerful 75 mm PaK 39 gun, was mechanically reliable, small and easily concealed. It was also cheap to build.
It was better armored than the thinly armoured earlier Panzerjäger Marder and Nashorn with a sloped armour front plate of 60 mm sloped back at 60 degrees from the vertical (equivalent in protection to about 120 mm), carried a reasonably powerful 75 mm PaK 39 gun, was mechanically reliable, small and easily concealed. It was also cheap to build.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetzer
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Coordinates: 49°16'23"N -0°42'39"E
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