Overview
By 1944 the German army was on the defensive on all fronts and Allied bombing was putting increasing pressure on the nation's industrial output. Since the earliest days of the war the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete chassis and one of the most successful of these would prove to be the Jagdpanzer 38, more often referred to today as the Hetzer. Small and unimposing the Hetzer's appearance belied its effectiveness. Armed with the powerful 7.5cm L/48 gun, the same weapon fitted to the Jadgpanzer IV, the Hetzer featured armour sloped armour plates of up to 60mm thickness and was capable of a top speed of 42 kilometres per hour. Almost 3,000 examples were assembled and its low cost and ease of production meant that it was Germany's most important tank killer of the late war period. In his latest book in the TankCraft series Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Hetzer tank destroyers and the units of the German Army and Waffen-SS that operated them during the last months of the Second World war. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined providing everything the modeller needs to recreate an accurate representation of these historic tanks. AUTHOR: Dennis Oliver is the author of over twenty books on Second World War armored vehicles. 200 colour and b/w illustrations
Full Product Details
Author: Dennis Oliver
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
ISBN: 9781526791184
ISBN 10: 1526791188
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 29 June 2021
Audience:
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
...the images for the modeler, dioramist, and wargamer are spectacular... -- Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
Highly Recommended for anyone interested in the Jagdpanzer 38... -- AMPS There is then a fairly large section of large profiles, often accompanied by a photo of the vehicle in question. -- ModelingMadness.Com ...the images for the modeler, dioramist, and wargamer are spectacular... -- Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
There is then a fairly large section of large profiles, often accompanied by a photo of the vehicle in question. -- ModelingMadness.Com ...the images for the modeler, dioramist, and wargamer are spectacular... -- Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
Author Information
Dennis Oliver is the author of over twenty books on Second World War armoured vehicles including Tiger I and II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS: Eastern Front 1944; Panther Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS, Normandy Campaign 1944; Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army, Western Europe 1944-1945; and Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks:German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the West, 1945.
