35088 Tamiya - 1/35 Jagdpanzer IV L/70 Lang  [35088]

About Jagdpanzer IV

The Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162, wound up being a tank destroyer in line with the Panzer IV framework built-in three main variations. Among the casemate-style turretless Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer, literally "hunting tank") designs, it had been produced against the desires of Heinz Guderian, the inspector general of the Panzertruppen, as a substitute the Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III). Guderian objected facing the needless, in their eyes, diversion of resources from Panzer IV tank manufacturing, since the Stug III and Sturmgeschütz IV were still significantly more than adequate about their component.
Formally, just the L/48-armed vehicle wound up being called Jagdpanzer IV. The L/70-armed automobile was in fact known as Panzer IV/70. In this essay, both variations are known as to generally as Jagdpanzer IV, except into the variants and surviving automobiles part.