Sd.Kfz.173 Jagdpanther Ausf.G1 Early Production- World War Two
- German
- Jagdpanther - Hunting Panther (tank destroyer)
- based on the chassis of the Panther tank + 8.8 cm KwK 43 gun of Kingtiger (Tiger II)
- engine: 700 horsepower Maybach HL 230 P 30 (55 km/hr)
- active in Normandy (Operation Overload - D-Day) and in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bugle)
- 415 were built.
- Zimmerit was applied until September 1944
- Ausf. G1 Early (1944 model) - smaller welded main gun mantlet, one piece Pak 43/3 gun, using modified Panther Ausf. A engine deck, two vision openings for the driver.
- Ausf. G1 Late - 'hybrid' of Ausf. G1 Early & Ausf. G2.
- Ausf. G2 - using Panther Ausf. G engine deck, larger gun mantlet bolted externally, two piece KwK 43/4 L/71 gun, one vision opening for the driver.
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