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 colour 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.
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