Tamiya 1/35 Jagdpanzer IV L/70 Lang #35088  [35088]

About Jagdpanzer IV

The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, ended up being a tank destroyer on the basis of the Panzer IV chassis built-in three main variations. As one of the casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer, literally "hunting tank") designs, it was created up against the desires of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a replacement for the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III). Guderian objected up against the needless, in his eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank manufacturing, since the Stug III and Sturmgeschütz IV were still a lot more than sufficient with regards to their part.
Formally, only the L/48-armed vehicle ended up being known as Jagdpanzer IV. The L/70-armed car had been named Panzer IV/70. In this article, both versions are called to generally as Jagdpanzer IV, except into the variations and surviving vehicles section.