Kagero Publishing TopDrawings #91 Jagdpanther (9788366148772) Kagero Publishing via Casemate UK

[Julien]

TopDrawings #91 Jagdpanther (9788366148772)

Kagero Publishing via Casemate UK

 

 

The Jadgpanther (Hunting Panther) was developed mid war as the third attempt at mounting the very successful Pak 43 88 mm gun into a self propelled chassis for anti tank purposes as opposed to being a tank.  The panther chassis was extended up to bring about a turretless vehicle that had 60mm armour on the sides and 80 to100m at the front.  The gun was mounted centrally and able to traverse 20 degrees to each side,  Due to the design the vehicle actually had a better power to weight ratio than the panther and suffered less from mechanical breakdowns.  A total of 415 were built over two variants. In service they served with heavy antitank units mainly on the eastern front though some were seen on the western front.  Post war after the British captured the factory they produced nine vehicles which were then shipped back to the UK for evaluation. One of these is currently on display at the Bovington Tank Museum. 

 

 

The book is written in English on the left of the page with Polish on the right, which translates to top and bottom for the captions to the various drawings within.  The book itself is bound in a card cover and has 34 pages,.  Throughout the book, there are numerous smaller diagrams that show equipment layout; as well as the sometime small differences between Marks. There is one double sided A2 pull out plan.

 

 

 

Conclusion

These books are essential for the modeller that enjoys comparing their models against scale plans, and wants them to be as accurate as possible, with the separate large scale plans quite useful.

 

Currently (at time of writing) on offer at a discounted price from Casemate UK

 

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