JagdPanzer 38 tonne Hetzer Late Version 1:35 Tank Air Fix Model Kit

The Jagdpanzer 38(t) (SdKfz 1382) later known as Hetzer (&8220;baiter&8221;) was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War based on a modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) chassis The project was inspired by the Romanian &8220;Mare&351;al&8221; tank destroyer The name Hetzer was at the time not commonly used for this vehicle It was the designation for a related prototype the E-10 The &352;koda factory for a very short period confused the two names in its documentation and the very first unit equipped with the vehicle thus for a few weeks applied the incorrect name until matters were cleared However there exists a memorandum from Heinz Guderian to Hitler claiming that an unofficial name Hetzer had spontaneously been coined by the troops Post-war historians basing themselves on this statement made the name popular in their works the vehicle was never named as such in official documents

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