Panzerjager 4 (late)
Tldr, Jpz4 with pz4/70 armour scheme
History:
During ww2, the StuG 3 & StuG 4 were the most numerous self propelled guns in germany’s hands, but as the war went on those vehicles got outdated and the german army needed a new tank hunter with the requirement of 100mm front armour and was supposed to use the 7.5cm L/70 as the main armamant. The vehicle they came up was the Jagdpanzer 4 (aka as the Panzerjager 4). While the vehicles were produced, the L/70 guns were not ready, so the Jagdpanzerer 4’s were equipped with the L/48 guns. The Jagdpanzer 4 was built on the Panzer 4H chassis. Early Jagdpanzer 4’s (serial Fgst.Nr.320001 to 320300) has 60mm of front armour, and the late Jagdpanzer 4’s (serial Fgst.Nr.320301 onwards) has 80mm of sloped front armour. When the L/70 guns were avalable, they stopped the production of the Jagdpanser 4 and started producing the Panzer 4/70.
In-game place & playstyle:
The Jagdpanzer 4 (late) is different to the Jagdpanzer 4 (in-game) with 80mm of sloped armour instead of 60, the machine gun port left side of the tank was removed and is now a big flat sloped plate on the superstructure. This vehicle has a weak gun for its rank (only 140mm armour penatration) but has a very good front armour, and exceptional armour with the add on tracks armour. It can drive up to popular places and tank a lot of shots from the front, being the tanky vehicle in the team and let others pick off the enemies.
Specifications:Armour: Superstructure: 80mm (front) , 40mm (sides) , 30mm (rear) , 20mm (roof)
Hull: 80mm ( UPF ) , 50mm ( LFP ) , 30mm (side) , 20mm (rear) , 10mm (hull roof) , 20mm (floor front) , 10mm (floor rear)
Engine: Power: 296 hp at 3000 rpm (Maybach HL 120 TRM)
Speed: 40km/h , 6 foward speed & 1 reverse gear
Weight: 25.6 tons (without addon armour)
Armamant: Primary: 7.5 cm PaK 39 L/48 (same ammo used as the StuG 3 G) , 79 rounds of ammo, same traverse as Jagdpanzer 4.
Secondary: 1x MG 42 , 1200 rounds of ammo
dimentions:
Length: 8.5 m
Width: 3.17 m
Height: 1.85 m
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