Jagdpanzer 38 "Hetzer" Sd.Kfz 138/2 German Tank WWII in the mud

Military history exhibition at Cottbus (Germany) airfield in 2012

[@fanda789]

Kvalitní Československý podvozek.

[@SteamCrane]

Great to see it getting muddy! Stuff was getting deep!

[@KingFrederick1st]

Awesome Tank

[@balixs]

Still working and still looking for new victim soviet tanks.

[@SantaCandidaWer]

"That smell... is a T-34"

[@SteamCrane]

Looking to see if any T-90's are left.

[@CarLos-yi7ne]

"Still working" 🤡 After many hours of restoration....

[@kapitan517]

Obligatory "Hetzer gonna hetz" !

[@RaoulLeDegueu]

il est beau le tracteur

[@nagmashot]

Look a Swiss G13... wanna look like a Hetzer :D

[@paoloviti6156]

It is easy that it is a Swiss G13 because I understood that the late original German Hetzer is rare! Looks that it doesn't mind plowing in the mud 👍👍

[@nagmashot]

@@paoloviti6156 easy to id at the idler wheel

[@CarLos-yi7ne]

​@@nagmashotG13 had 4 holes in idler wheel. Early Jagpantzer 38t had 12 holes, late production had 6 holes. So it could still be an original WW2 one: 6 holes in idler, no spare track links on the back/sides, no sparewheel on the back, no muzzle brake (but I still guess not because originals are very rare).

[@nagmashot]

@@CarLos-yi7ne wrong

[@CarLos-yi7ne]

@@nagmashot Yeah, wrong reaction. 👌🏻As long as you don't come with good arguments I am right. 🙂

[@aleksazunjic9672]

In real life, Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer was a Czech piece of crap. Cramped, nose heavy, commander was practically blind if buttoned up. Due to the added armor and weight , suspension was unreliable. It was used almost exclusively as a semi-mobile anti-tank gun from ambush positions . If bypassed, Hetzer crews would often simply abandon their vehicles as they were unreliable, and due to lack of fuel did not have enough gas to retreat anyway. Thus, despite around 2800 being built in a relatively short time (mass production started only in July/August 1944) , biggest concentration of them was on Eastern Front in April of 1945 - 661 Hetzers with 489 being combat capable. Interesting thing to note that production reached its peak in January of 1945 (434 examples) , and even in March still held at 301 with no data for April. This leads to conclusion that Hetzer was simply one of those desperate late war German weapons, that sacrificed quality for quantity and cheapness of production.

[@Andrew-hc6jj]

Tony

[@Ruslangini]

Генерал Мороз и генерал Распутье самые успешные генералы против нацистов

[@user-zf8rj4qr2s]

А это точно грязь????

[@georgegeyer3431]

If you run that tank, you should be in uniform.

[@kissthis5361]

Who gives a f**ck? Which uniform? The nazi one?