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Outwardly, the Jagdpanther retained some of the general appearance of the Panther medium tank. 88mm rounds were a mix of high-explosive and anti-tank types to deal with both soft and hard targets. 57 rounds of 88mm projectiles were carried aboard for the main gun as well as 600 x 7.92mm rounds of ammunition for the machine gun.
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There were five crew to include the driver (seated in the hull), the vehicle commander, gunner, loader and machine gunner. The vehicle was defensed by a single machine gun - either the 7.92mm MG34 or MG42 series weapons. The selection of the 88mm main gun alone was powerful enough to defeat all allied armor at ranges greater than that of enemy guns. Despite its armament and protective armor, the Jagdpanther was actually one of those rare armored vehicle creations where all the vital qualities came together to form the perfect blend of speed, mobility, firepower and protection - something akin to the war-winning T-34 Medium Tank for the Soviets. In this configuration, the Jagdpanther certainly looked the part of tank destroyer with its thick, heavily sloped frontal armor giving the machine a very stout form. The Jagdpanther was noted for its use of the famous 88mm (8.8cm) tank-killing main gun which was fitted within a fixed hull superstructure. As it was, the Jagdpanther was a lethal component in its own right and quite possibly the armored vehicle design of the war - done in only by the consistent day and night Allied bombing campaign that targeted crucial assembly facilities.
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Already having in its inventory the well-established Tiger II and Panther series of tanks, the Jagdpanther tank destroyer would have been a formidable addition to any tank group if estimated production totals during the war were met. The Jagdpanther was something of the "missing link" to complete battlefield domination for the Germany Army during World War 2.