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

Military history exhibition at Cottbus (Germany) airfield in 2012

[SteamCrane]

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

[mattpeckham]

That thing is surprisingly small. It doesn't seem that much bigger than the remote control "goliaths" that the Germans used.

[kubanskiloewe]

these big wheels of the Skoda chassis made it more easy to drive for engines with not enough power...russians did the same with the T34; well designed

[balixs]

Still working and still looking for new victim soviet tanks.

[aleksazunjic]

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.

[kapitan]

Obligatory "Hetzer gonna hetz" !

[Ruslangini]

Генерал Мороз и генерал Распутье самые успешные генералы против нацистов

[georgegeyer]

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

[nagmashot]

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