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June 16, 2019 at 3:45 pm #1405346

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@avernos is correct –

PzJg1 / 47 (4.7 cm Czech AT gun slapped onto a PzKpfw I chassis as an improvised measure once the 3.7cm PaK 36s in PzKpfw IIIDs were proving inadequate against early Allied armor).

Use in France, Balkans, and early Barbarossa / Typhoon.

A very humble, weak little vehicle. Definitely early war, and even then use with care with ambush fire from protected positions. Replaced by 1942 by Marder I, II, and III.

Not really used in panzer battalions, but in panzerjäger abteilung (battalion-sized detachments) included in panzer divisions or assigned at corps level for deployment where needed.

The Marder I, II, and III are pretty much the same thing, just bigger, better replacements. As far as which ones your models are specifically, the Marders are very confusing. Some had German 7.5cm PaK guns, others had Soviet 76.2mm guns captured during the campaigns of 1941, they are all built more or less from old chassis and wrecked tanks, etc … they’re all over the place. In 15mm for FoW gaming I would say any of these options would work. Use in Russia or Africa (small numbers) in 42, 43, or if you’re really pushing it, 44.

Other tank destroyers you have seem to be PzJg IVs with the old L48 7.5cm gun (“Guderian’s Duck”). This, plus Nashorns, plus StG IVs, plus PzJg IVs / L70s is what replaced the Marders finally. Although by then the Germans were using whatever they had available.

And @torros is correct, that’s a Challenger. Late, late, late war British.