Jagdpanzer IV70 V Waste of Materials

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The Germans are well known for their over engineered heavy and medium tanks, Like the Tigers and Panthers, which even though strong weren’t enough to repel the onslaught of the T-34 tanks. But today we are going to talk about a Tank Destroyer, one probably less well known but still very popular under the Tank Gamers. You might know this vehicle, it is the Jagdpanzer IV/70 , the Jagdpanzer IV/70 was basically the Chassis of the Panzer IV tank, but with the Turret and the top of the hull removed, this was replaced by a highly angled hull, This was so that production for this vehicle would be somewhat easier considering there was already a lot of strain on the German industry at that time, • But before we dive deeper into this subject our target for this video is 100 likes within the first 24 Hours, that video will be about the T-44 tank, this was recommended by one of my viewers. If we can get the like goal I will pick a recommendation from the comments about the next subject, so if there is still a tank or armoured fighting vehicle you want me to talk about leave its name in the comment section down below and I will pick one of those if we achieve the like goal, and the T-44 video will be released 2 days after the release of this video, other then that We also are approaching the 2.600 subscribers so if you are not yet subscribed make sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel, now without further ado. Let’s get going • • The Jagdpanzer IV/70 was a Tank Destroyer Fielded by Germany, the story of the Jagdpanzer IV/70 began back in September 1942 when the Waffenamt issued a request for a new design of one of their strongest and most formidable Armoured Fighting Vehicles. the Sturmgeschütz, The idea for it was to have the 75mm L/70 main armament, this was one of the most powerful main armaments Germany had to offer at that period, it was also one of the most precise main armaments, it was also supposed to have 100mm frontal armour, 40 to 50mm on the sides and the lowest profile possible, the top speed was supposed to be 25 kph and it was supposed to weigh in at about 26 tonnes. • A New chassis was initially developed for this but due to the strain on the German industry, they decided to re-use the Panzer 4’s chassis instead. During this time they also tried many different prototypes, for example they tried to fit a 88mm, and also a 105mm but these modifications proved to be somewhat difficult and not feasible. A wooden mock up was ready by may 1943 and a final prototype was ready by the end of 1943. The leader of Germany at that time accepted the prototype and ordered it to be mass produced as soon as possible. And so it was. However there was a shortage of the 75mm L/70 gun at that time because other vehicles like the Panther use a similar version, so the Jagdpanzer was fitted with the 75mm L/48 instead, this was the same armament as the StuG III used at that time. And the frontal armour was decreased to a mere 60mm instead of the planned 100mm. but because of the angle of the 60mm it was sufficient, the Jagdpanzer with the 75mm L/48 proved to be about as effective as the already produced Sturmgeschütz III, but it had a more effective and simpler armour design. At the end of its run time it was produced about 769 to 784 times, it was stopped because the Panzer IV/70 was finally ready. The upgrades included a improved thickness from 60 to 80mm at the front and the more powerful 75mm L/70 main armament, after testing this it proved that it was feasible without any major complications and so it was, the vehicle was again precented to the leader of Germany on his birthday, he ordered there to be 700 build of these each month but in the end there were only really 185 build each month, To increase production it was attempted to simply the construction even more, near July 1944 the • Join this channel to get access to perks: • / @learninghistorytogether

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