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BoB - was the Jgd.Pz. IV L/70 (A) used?
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 12:42 AM UTC
Hey guys, this is for the Battle of the Bulge experts --
was the Jgd.Pz. IV L/70 (A) used in the battle? If so, do you know which units used them?

Thanks!!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 12:58 AM UTC


12 ss during the Bulge
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 01:10 AM UTC
Check out this page on the "Tanks Encyclopedia" website:

http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Sd-Kfz_162_Jagdpanzer-IV.php

It has color side views of PzIV-L/70(A)'s used by the 116th Panzer Div. and others in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 02:26 AM UTC
James,

That's a (V) - Vomag, jagdpanzer. I'm looking for the (A) - Alkett, jagdpanzer.


And thanks ColDunwerk, the link was helpful and it jogged my memory ... FBB had about 40 of the JgdPz IV (A) in the Ardennes.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 03:18 AM UTC
I think there was a real JgPz IV used in the movie Band of Brothers. But it might have been when they were in Holland and not Normandy.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 07:46 AM UTC
that was a replica Jagdpanther made out of a soviet TD.
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Posted: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 - 11:57 AM UTC

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I think there was a real JgPz IV used in the movie Band of Brothers. But it might have been when they were in Holland and not Normandy.


He said in the OP he was talking about the Battle of theBulge, not Band of Brothers
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Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 09:04 PM UTC

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Hey guys, this is for the Battle of the Bulge experts --
was the Jgd.Pz. IV L/70 (A) used in the battle? If so, do you know which units used them?

Thanks!!

Yes, one of the "Panzer Wrecks" titles has a selection of photos showing them in the Battle of the Bulge. The photo quality is rather poor, but with rare vehicles, you take what you can get. These would be earlier vehicles with the four return rollers and the standard Panzer IV Ausf H towing mounts.
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Posted: Friday, April 15, 2016 - 03:41 AM UTC
The Führer Grenadier Brigade(Führerbegleitbrigade) used them during the Bulge. Check Danny Parker's Battle of the Bulge book as there is a somewhat poor photo of this Jagdpanzer IV version in it.

Cheers
Jim
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Posted: Friday, April 15, 2016 - 07:11 PM UTC
Thanks for the info guys!!!

Gerald, do you happen to know which Panzer Wrecks volume has those pics? If not that's fine. And Thanks!
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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2016 - 02:48 AM UTC

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Thanks for the info guys!!!

Gerald, do you happen to know which Panzer Wrecks volume has those pics? If not that's fine. And Thanks!

Alas, most of my library is in storage, and it's not one of the titles I have on hand. Sorry.
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Posted: Monday, April 18, 2016 - 04:04 PM UTC
The pictures are in Panzerwrecks 1, 2 photos on a single page. Like Gerald mentioned, the photo quality is poor.
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