New Rare Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer WWII Footage - BergeHetzer.

New Rare Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer WWII Footage - and a BergeHetzer. 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 Mareşal 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, and would eventually be assigned to a number of units, including infantry, Panzerjäger and Volksgrenadier divisions.