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The Jagdpanzer 38 was developed by BMM and Škoda in 1943 on the
Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis,
and it said that the design was based on the Romanian Maresal
tank destroyer.
The vehicle would be a cost-effective light tank destroyer to
replace vehicles like the StuG III and
Marder series and because the Jagdpanther and
Jagdtiger designs of the same period proved
to be costly and had massive mechanical problems in the field.

Prototypes of the Jagdpanzer 38 were ready by 1944 and
mass production began in April of that year.
The Jagdpanzer 38s first entered service in July 1944,

The Jagdpanzer 38 proved great defensive ability over
other self-propelled guns, because of it's low silhouette, making an
important contribution on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.
It would see a weight reduction in the production years and
several things were changed to simplified the manufacturing process.
The Jagdpanzer 38 is popularized with the name Hetzer but it was never called
Hetzer by the Germans during the war,
the name was the designation for a related prototype, the E-10.
The Škoda factory for a very short period confused the
two names in its documentation,
later historians made the name popular in their books.

After the war, Czechoslovakia continued to build the type
(versions ST-I and ST-III for training version,
about 180 units built) and exported 158 vehicles
(version G-13) to Switzerland.
Most vehicles in today's collections are of Swiss origin.

The Jagdpanzer 38T is also a mockup and is a
postwar G13, it was placed outside the museum in the 80s
and would stand there until the museum placed it inside
after the renovation in 2013.

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■ Information obtained from several sites.
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■ tanks-encyclopedia
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers
■ preservedtanks
■ pantser.net
■ the.shadock.free.fr/Tanks_in_France

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