Weight: 30.3-tons (27,499-kg)

Length: 28' 9” (8.75-m) including gun barrel overhang

Width: 9' 9” (2.98-m)

Height: 6' 10” (2.09-m)

Crew: 4

Armor:

.4” to 2” (10-mm to 50-mm)

Weapons:

-Primary

1x 90-mm Rheinmetall BK 90/L40 cannon

-Secondary

2x 7.62-mm MG3 machine gun

-Ammunition

51x 90-mm

4,000x 7.62-mm

Engine: MTU MB 837 Aa V8 multi-fuel diesel, 500-hp

Power/weight: 16.5-hp/ton

Fuel Capacity: 124-USG (470-l)

Range: 249-miles (400-km)

Speed: 43.5-mph (70-km/h)

The vehicle being offered, West German Jagdpanzer Kanone, has a relatively good outward appearance. It is original and unrestored. It is currently not running or drivable. It is painted in the three-tone NATO flag. The armor has been demilled to European standards with numerous square holes cut into the hull and then re-welded back into place. Many of the hatch covers have been removed, but are present. The interior is intact and relatively complete. The driver's dashboard is present and complete. The 90-mm cannon has been removed from its mount, but is present. The breech ring has been demilled. Both the gunner's and commander's seats are present and in good condition. The tracks, roadwheels and sprockets are in good to very good condition. Many engine parts are missing.

Following up on their wartime experiences with the Sturmgeschutz series of assault guns and Jagdpanzer tank destroyers, the Bundeswehr started development of a similar vehicle in the late 1950s. The first prototype was built in 1960 by Hanomag and Henschel. Testing of additional prototypes continued through the early 1960s when the Jagdpanzer Kanone 90-mm was finally accepted into production. The Jagdpanzer Kanone first entered production in 1966 with the line shutting down in 1967 after 770 were built for the Bundeswehr. A further 80 modified versions were built for the Belgium Army beginning in 1975. The Jagdpanzer Kanone relied on its speed and low profile for survival as it was thinly armored. When originally conceived, it was able to knock out the T-55's and T-62's that made up the bulk of the Warsaw Pact tank forces. The introduction of heavier tanks such as the T-64 and T-72 rendered it obsolete.

Instead of scrapping all of the still useful Jagdpanzer Kanone hulls, the Bundeswehr converted 163 of them into Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 2, which replaced the 90-mm gun with a roof-mounted TOW anti-tank missile system. A further 450 were converted into the Beobachtungspanzer which were used as artillery observation vehicles. The cannon and its ammunition racks were removed and various optical and target acquisition equipment was carried in their place.

Transport Cost to Storage: $3,696