Production started in January 1944 in February, Hitler specified the simpler Jagdpanther name instead of its original " 8.8 cm Pak 43/3 auf Fahrgestell Panther". MIAG-built prototypes followed in October/November 1943. The full-size model by Daimler-Benz was demonstrated in October 1943 before Hitler. Ī heavy tank destroyer design based on the 8.8 cm Pak 43 gun and the Panther tank chassis was ordered in late 1942.
Ferdinand proved to be too heavy, and Nashorn lightly armored and under-powered. The Jagdpanther was preceded by two attempts at mounting an 8.8 cm gun as a self-propelled anti-tank weapon Ferdinand - also known as Panzerjäger Tiger (P) - using the ninety-one leftover Porsche-built VK 45.01 (P) chassis from the Tiger tank competition it lost to Henschel in 1942, and the Nashorn on the Geschützwagen III/IV (which used a combination of the Panzer III and Panzer IV components) chassis.
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