Kanonenjagdpanzer | |
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Type | Self-propelled anti-tank gun |
Place of origin | West Germany |
Service history | |
In service | 1965–1991 |
Used by | West Germany Belgium |
Production history | |
Designer | Henschel and Hanomag |
Designed | 1960 |
Manufacturer | Henschel and Hanomag |
Produced | 1965–1967 |
No. built | 770 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 27.5 t (27.1 long tons; 30.3 short tons) |
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 | 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) |
Main armament | 1 × Rheinmetall BK 90/L40 90mm anti-tank gun 51 rounds |
Secondary armament | 2 × 7.62mm MG3 machine guns 4,000 rounds 8 smoke dischargers 2 × 71mm Lyran mortars (Belgium only) |
Engine | 29.4 L MTU MB 837 Aa V8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel engine 500 hp (368 kW) |
Suspension | Torsion bar |
Operational range | 385 km (239 mi) |
Maximum speed | 70 km/h (43.5 mph) |
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (KanJPz) was a West German Cold War tank destroyer. Its design was very similar to that of the World War II Jagdpanzer IV.