Raketenjagdpanzer 1

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Raketenjagdpanzer 1
Type	Anti-tank missile carrier
Place of origin	West Germany
Service history
In service	1961–1967
Production history
Designed	1959–1960
Produced	1961–1962
No. built	95
Specifications
Mass	13,000 kg (28,660 lb)
Length	5.56 m (18 ft 2+7⁄8 in)
Width	2.54 m (8 ft 4 in)
Height	2.10 m (6 ft 10+5⁄8 in)
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
Armor	Steel, maximum 30 mm (1.18 in)
Main armament	2 × SS.11 missile launchers, 10 missiles
Secondary armament	1 × MG3, 2,000 rounds
Engine	1× Rolls-Royce B81 Mk 80F, 8-cylinder petrol engine 220 hp (160 kW)
Suspension	Independent coil-sprung trailing- and leading-link suspension per wheel station
Operational range	270 km (170 mi)
Maximum speed	51 km/h (32 mph)

The Raketenjagdpanzer 1 is an anti-tank guided missile-armed tank destroyer (the first such vehicle in service with the West German Armed Forces) that entered service in 1961.^[1] It was built on the chassis of the Hispano-Suiza HS.30, which was also used on the Schützenpanzer SPz 12-3, and armed with twin French SS.11 antitank guided missile launchers. Only one of the missile launchers is visible from the outside at any time, however, as the other is retracted into the hull to be reloaded when the first is ready to fire.