Nashorn tank destroyer

Nashorn tank destroyer

With the invasion of Soviet Union German forces learned an important lesson - they were not ready to face the T-34 and KV-1 tanks, what is more the tank destroyers they had were unable to deal with the heavy tanks. New projects - tanks Panther and Tiger - were already on the way, but their development was taking a long time and Wehrmacht needed quicker solution. Nashorn was another of the German open-top tank destroyers armed with the most fearful anti-tank they had - the famous 88mm that was terror to Allied troops in North Africa. Placed on Panzer III/IV chassis it became the mobile terror - tank hunter able to destroy enemy tanks from very long distance (even above 2km), so lack of protection from open-top chassis no longer was a problem. They proved to be extremely effective against all Soviet vehicles, later took part in fights in Normandy and Italy.

Operation Bagration

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