Tanks/Vehicles Kanoenjagdpanzer

[Asgar1205 1,471]

Hi Guys!

After we saw the Leopard one being confirmed and people speculating about M60 and T62 being added. I thought it would be nice to have an addition for the German TD line. 

In 1959 the Germans started the development of a new TD using the 90mm Rheinmetall L/40. It entered service one year after the Leopard 1 and shouldn't be too hard to balance. 

like German WWII TD it's a casemate tank, which makes it fit perfectly in the current line. The Germans used it to replace the American M41, which was used in Panzerjägerzügen (TD platoon) of Panzergrenadierbatallions (Mechanised Infantery Battalion) and Panzerjägerbatallionen (TD Battalion)

 

 

Weight                         27.5 tonnes

Length Total:               8.75 m (28 ft 8 in) Hull:6.24 m (20 ft 6 in) Width 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in) Height 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)

Crew                            4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) Armor 10–50mm

Main armament           1 × Rheinmetall BK 90/L40 90mm anti-tank gun

Secondary armament  2 × 7.62mm MG3 machine guns

                                    8 smoke dischargers

Engine                         29,4l MTU MB 837 Aa V8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel-engine
                                    500 hp (368 kW) Suspension torsion bar

Operational range       385 km (239 mi) Speed 70km/h (43.5 mph)

 

short history from Wikipedia, for those of you, who want to know where it came from:
 

 

The first prototypes of the Kanonenjagdpanzer were built in 1960 by Hanomag and Henschel for West Germany and by MOWAG for Switzerland. Hanomag and Henschel continued to produce prototypes, until between 1966 and 1967, 770 were built for the Bundeswehr, 385 by Hanomag and 385 by Henschel. Eighty of them were delivered toBelgium from April 1975 onward.^[1]

When the Soviets began deploying their T-64 and T-72 main battle tanks, the 90 mm gun wasn't capable of ensuring long-range combat and the Kanonenjagdpanzer became obsolete. Although the producers claimed it could be rearmed with a 105 mm gun,^[1] between 1983 and 1985, 163 of these tank destroyers were converted intoRaketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 2 anti-tank guided missile carriers by removing the gun, adding a roof-mounted TOW missile launcher and fastening further spaced and perforatedarmour on the hull. Some others were refitted into artillery observation vehicles by removing the main gun, so called Beobachtungspanzer, which served most particularly in themortar units.

Some Kanonenjagdpanzer remained into service with the Heimatschutztruppe until 1990.

 

 

i'd like to hear your feedback

 

Abgeschossene found some additional pictures:

 

Possible camos:

 

 (rocket version)

 

 

 

more info, thanks to Voksjaeger:

Edited January 25, 2015 by Asgar1205

[leroyonly 4,311]

open for discussion

[Naam54673 1,537]

+1.It will look awesome with a C-Pennant decal.

[JygerHuntt 46]

nice indeed :yes:

[KB_TheDireWolf 700]

yes please

[Asgar1205 1,471]

i added a short history for those who want to know where it came from without having to leave the thread.

Edited January 10, 2015 by Asgar1205

[Kempston 342]

Yes. 

[Borotovas 4,500]

Yes.

[SnakeInYourBoot 9]

Now if only the Ru 251 was a real tank, I want this TD very much :). Yes.

[Kempston 342]

That MG 34 commanders gun is gonna be fun.  :Ds

[kevQC 2,814]

That MG 34 commanders gun is gonna be fun.  :Ds

*MG 3, much more modern.

[Kempston 342]

*MG 3, much more modern.

Same basis though (Half right). Should still be a fun thing!

[Abgeschossene 10,084]

MG 3 was based on MG 42, not MG 34.

 

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Yeah, I want this thing too.

[kevQC 2,814]

Same basis though (Half right). Should still be a fun thing!

Sorry I give you only 1/4 right  :Ps

[kevQC 2,814]

 

Engine                         2,94l MTU MB 837 Aa V8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel-engine
                                    500 hp (368 kW) Suspension torsion bar

 

I think you mean 29,4l :P

[Asgar1205 1,471]

i didn't wrote it :D i just copied. fixed.

[Abgeschossene 10,084]

Some pictures:

 

 

Possible camos:

 

(rocket version)

 

 

[Asgar1205 1,471]

thanks for the pics! if you have additional data, feel free to add it and if you don't mind i would like to add your pictures to the opening post

[Abgeschossene 10,084]

thanks for the pics! if you have additional data, feel free to add it and if you don't mind i would like to add your pictures to the opening post

 

This has great pictures of all tanks and great info.

 

This is the page of the KJP.

 

Side note - I don't own the pictures, so you're free to use them.

[Asgar1205 1,471]

Poll added

[Orlunu 6,863]

Yup, but no plz rocket version.  :lol:

[Tank50us 266]

Yup, but no plz rocket version.  :lol:

 

as long as it's a LOS rocket and not a ATGM, I think we'll be good :p

 

Basically, the way it would work, is that it will go where you aim it at the time you hit the button to fire it. Once it's in the air, will continue to go in that direction (picking up speed as it goes) until it hits something. Things like that should be useful for long-range work, especially when dealing with stationary targets that are several KM away.

[Abgeschossene 10,084]

The rocket version was like the Katyusha really. No ATGM.

 

NATO's ATGMs didn't really work. Soviet ones though.. Those were great.

[Orlunu 6,863]

as long as it's a LOS rocket and not a ATGM, I think we'll be good :p

 

Basically, the way it would work, is that it will go where you aim it at the time you hit the button to fire it. Once it's in the air, will continue to go in that direction (picking up speed as it goes) until it hits something. Things like that should be useful for long-range work, especially when dealing with stationary targets that are several KM away.

The Raketenjagdpanzer variant was armed with TOW missiles and was from the 80s.  It was phased out from 1993 ffs.  :Ps

[Abgeschossene 10,084]

The Raketenjagdpanzer variant was armed with TOW missiles and was from the 80s.  It was phased out from 1993 ffs.  :Ps

 

You're talking about another Raketenjagdpanzer. [The one in the picture]

 

I meant this one: