Jaguars & JagdPanzers in Germany
 

While on a NATO exercise in 1982 or 1983 I took the attached photos of West German armoured vehicles passing along a road in Fulhen, near Hess, Oldendorf (near the River Wesser). I've been told that the first vehicle is a Jaguar but can anyone positively identify it and confirm what weapons it carried. The second photo is a JagdPanzer Kanone JPZ 4-5 I think, but what use would it have been without a 90 mm gun! Any clues? I have an idea that these vehicles belonged to the 2nd Panzer Brigade


Larry Hayward
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JagdPanzer
 

JagdPanzer

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Top pic is the Jaguar, appears to be an early model or stripped down to some degree. The bottom pic is a converted Kanone. These had the front hulls plated over after a couple of nasty problems arose with the deployment of the Jpz's. They were latter refitted for TOW anti tank duties and I think as a mobile op.

Re: Jaguars & JagdPanzers in Germany
 

Larry, this site on the Jagdpanzer series should have all the answers you're looking for.

HTH,
Hanno