JPz 4-5 - Revision history

U31139476 at 01:13, 25 February 2024

2024-02-25T01:13:59Z

U91965995: Erroneous description of the JPz 4-5's reverse gear fixed

2024-02-23T14:03:35Z

Erroneous description of the JPz 4-5's reverse gear fixed

U44629479: Edits

2023-11-23T10:44:15Z

Edits

U138352548: minor spelling error

2023-11-20T20:16:20Z

minor spelling error

U138352548: added one pro and con

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U28580205: Updated description format.

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Updated description format.

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‎Pros and cons

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 The {{PAGENAME}} is quite mobile for a tank destroyer due to its light weight, which means it can get into a sniping position early in the game and quickly change locations if spotted.
-The reverse speed is very good due to the reverse gearbox on the vehicle, which lets it escape just as quick as it popped out if necessary. This lets the JPz 4-5 perform 'hit-and-run' maneuvers well, as the vehicle can fire and quickly relocate without having to change directions to retreat. The JPz 4-5 also has great overall handling, turning and getting around the battlefield as fast as contemporary light tanks.
+The reverse speed is very good due to the reverse gearbox on the vehicle, which lets it escape just as quickly as it popped out if necessary. This lets the JPz 4-5 perform 'hit-and-run' manoeuvres well, as the vehicle can fire and quickly relocate without having to change directions to retreat. The JPz 4-5 also has great overall handling, turning and getting around the battlefield as fast as contemporary light tanks.
 === Modifications and economy ===

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 The {{PAGENAME}} is quite mobile for a tank destroyer due to its light weight, which means it can get into a sniping position early in the game and quickly change locations if spotted.
-The reverse speed is very good, cruising at -30/-20 km/h (AB/RB) in a heartbeat, and tops out around -51/-43 km/h.
+The reverse speed is very good due to the reverse gearbox on the vehicle, which lets it escape just as quick as it popped out if necessary. This lets the JPz 4-5 perform 'hit-and-run' maneuvers well, as the vehicle can fire and quickly relocate without having to change directions to retreat. The JPz 4-5 also has great overall handling, turning and getting around the battlefield as fast as contemporary light tanks.
 === Modifications and economy ===

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 * Low profile, meaning enemy will have a hard time searching for your silhouette
-* Fast firing gun
+* Fast-firing gun
-* Fast speed and mobility
+* Fast speed and mobility, with a great turning speed on the spot
-* HEATFS can reliably penetrate Soviet sloped armour
+* HEATFS can reliably penetrate most of the tanks easily you will meet at that battle rating, and especially Soviet sloped armour
-* Great sniper (if you like this playstyle)
+* Great in a sniper role
 * Full night vision (for the driver, the commander, and the gunner)
 '''Cons:'''
-* Glass cannon, your armour is bad all around with it only able to stop small caliber autocannon from the front and mg from the side
+* Glass cannon, your armour is bad all around, only able to stop small-calibre autocannon from the front and MG from the side
 * Small calibre for a rank IV tank destroyer, when using the stock HESH shell
 * Stock shell is HESH, meaning its harder than usual to research modifications
 * Low versatility, meaning it's only good at sniping
 == History ==

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 * Stock shell is HESH, meaning its harder than usual to research modifications
 * Low versatility, meaning it's only good at sniping
-* Armour Can barely survive against American 50.calls
+* Armour Can barely survive against American 50.cals
 == History ==

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 * Great sniper (if you like this playstyle)
 * Full night vision (for the driver, the commander, and the gunner)
 '''Cons:'''
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 * Stock shell is HESH, meaning its harder than usual to research modifications
 * Low versatility, meaning it's only good at sniping
 == History ==

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 == Description ==
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-The '''{{Specs|name}}''' or ''Kanonenjagdpanzer'' is a rank {{Specs|rank}} German tank destroyer {{Battle-rating}}. It was introduced in [[Update 1.53 "Firestorm"]]. Built on the [[Ru 251]] chassis, the {{PAGENAME}} takes the design of the World War II [[Jagdpanzer IV]] to have a low profile in order to perform ambush duties against enemy tanks.
+In the early stages of the Cold War, the newly formed Bundeswehr faced the issue of combating the massed armoured threat that the Warsaw Pact presents. Reflecting back to the combat effectiveness of "Jagdpanzer" type vehicles in World War II, the Bundeswehr aimed for the procurement of similar tank destroyers to take on Soviet armour. One such design that the Bundeswehr would procure was a cannon-armed tank destroyer known as the ''Kanonenjagdpanzer''. Following a period of development, the prototype developed by Rheinstahl-Hanomag, designated ''Kanonenjagdpanzer 4-5'', would be adopted in 1963 and 770 units would be produced. These 90 mm cannon-armed tank destroyers would see use up until the early 1980s, but variants derived from the vehicles stayed in Bundeswehr service until 2003.
 == General info ==

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 ==== Ammunition ====
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+{{:BK90 (90 mm)/Ammunition|DM502, M71 shell, M431 shell}}
 ==== [[Ammo racks]] ====

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 ;Skins
 * [https://live.warthunder.com/feed/camouflages/?vehicle=germ_kanonenjagdpanzer Skins and camouflages for the {{PAGENAME}} from live.warthunder.com.]
 ;Videos
-{{Youtube-gallery|T4oE2ImpIf8|'''{{PAGENAME}} Tank Review''' - ''NUSensei''|jmxOQgwtw4A|'''Jagdpanzer Kanone - KaJaPa''' - ''Olaf Kievit''}}
+{{Youtube-gallery|jmxOQgwtw4A|'''Jagdpanzer Kanone - KaJaPa''' - ''Olaf Kievit''}}
 == See also ==

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 The Kanonenjagdpanzer design stayed with the Bundeswehr up until 1990, when they were formally retired from service.
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+{{break}}
 The project to develop the self-propelled antitank mount was begun in the mid-1950s by specialists from the companies Hanomag (Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG)  and Henschel (Rheinstahl Henschel AG). The base selected for the new vehicle was the Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 armoured transporter. The first prototype of the SPG with the designation Kanonenjagdpanzer 1-3 was assembled in 1959. The tests revealed significant flaws in the vehicle. As a result, more work was done to refine it. The decision was made to arm the new SPG with a 90 mm antitank cannon similar to the one installed on the American M47 Patton II.
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 After all testing was complete in 1966 the new vehicle was accepted as part of the arsenal under the designation JPz 4-5. The SPG was built serially from 1966 to 1967. During its production the companies Hanomag and Henschel each built 385 vehicles.
 == Media ==