Tamiya 35088 - 1/35 Jagdpanzer IV L/70 Lang  [35088]

About Jagdpanzer IV

The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, wound up being a tank destroyer based on the Panzer IV framework built-in three main variations. Among the list of casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer, literally "hunting tank") designs, it had been produced against the desires of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general associated with the Panzertruppen, as an alternative the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III). Guderian objected facing the needless, in their eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank production, because the Stug III and Sturmgeschütz IV were still more than sufficient about their component.
Formally, simply the L/48-armed automobile ended up being called Jagdpanzer IV. The L/70-armed car was in reality referred to as Panzer IV/70. In this essay, both variants are called to generally speaking as Jagdpanzer IV, except in to the variations and surviving automobiles component.