Hi guys!!

I have a question for the experts:

Anyone saw in any place something about replacing the gun of a Jagdpanther (early or even later)?

Like, replacing an early PAK 43/3 by the later L/71 gun, due to damage or other reason.

If this operation had done, how was the procedure?

This: http://www.rbmodel.com/picture.php?dir=35B20
This barrel is from RB. It is turned aluminum and brass with PE fittings. Generally, the gun is a direct replacement for the kit piece (although if the gun is designed for a specific kit [Dragon, or Tamiya], the fit might require slight surgery if installing it in a different kit). IMHO, RB is about the best AM barrels with very low prices - the one pictured is below $10. The only thing I don't like is that RB never includes any kind of instructions, and some of their barrels have several parts.

Biggles: the OP was asking not about AM barrel replacement but the actual switchout of panzer cannon by German crews.

To Audren: barrel wear or damage was not uncommon for any artillery piece. It would be done by a unit-level maintenance crew, with required equipment to handle the switchout.

Biggles, the idea is use this information on a future work. I already has a pak43 L/71 for my king tiger, and a jagdpanther early. So the idea for a little vignette come to mind.


Roy, I did not any deep research about this fact yet. And maybe I can't found what I want to know.
I suppose that a barrel switching was a common task on these circunstances you described. But was possible if the parts, tooling and men are available, to switch not only the barrel, but the entire gun? And if this possible (or worthwhile), how was done?

Audren

I think you will find that the gun could be changed out by removing it through the rear hatch on the Jagdpanther, which is why the hatch is the size it is.

Regards

Rob

Rob, you know if this kind of job can be do in a field workshop?