The Panzer IV/70 (V) was an improved version of the Jagdpanzer IV, armed with a Pak42 L/70 gun in place of the shorter gun used on the earlier vehicle.
Work on the Panzer IV/70 began in 1943, and on 26 January 1944 a Vomag designed Panzerjäger armed with the 7.5cm L/70 gun was part of a display of new army equipment seen by Hitler. He was impressed with the new vehicle, and on 28 January ordered the existing program of tests on the long gun to be sped up.
On 20 April 1944, after Hitler had seen the first photographs of the Panzer IV/70 (V), it was given production priority, and an unrealistic production target of 800 units per month was set.
In July 1944 it was decided to shift all Panzer IV production from turret armed tanks to the Jagdpanzer armed with the L/70 gun (this is the reason it was known as the Panzer IV/70, and not the Jagdpanzer IV/70). At the same time Alkett received an order to produce their own version of the vehicle, as the Panzer IV/70 (A). Although this had been seen as an interim design while production of the Vomag design was speeding up, both designs entered production in August 1944 and remained in production to the end of the war.
Vomag produced a total of 930 Panzer IV/70 (V)s, 560 in 1944 and 370 in the first three months of 1945 – a total production run only just above the target for a single month!
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
Work on the Panzer IV/70 began in 1943, and on 26 January 1944 a Vomag designed Panzerjäger armed with the 7.5cm L/70 gun was part of a display of new army equipment seen by Hitler. He was impressed with the new vehicle, and on 28 January ordered the existing program of tests on the long gun to be sped up.
On 20 April 1944, after Hitler had seen the first photographs of the Panzer IV/70 (V), it was given production priority, and an unrealistic production target of 800 units per month was set.
In July 1944 it was decided to shift all Panzer IV production from turret armed tanks to the Jagdpanzer armed with the L/70 gun (this is the reason it was known as the Panzer IV/70, and not the Jagdpanzer IV/70). At the same time Alkett received an order to produce their own version of the vehicle, as the Panzer IV/70 (A). Although this had been seen as an interim design while production of the Vomag design was speeding up, both designs entered production in August 1944 and remained in production to the end of the war.
Vomag produced a total of 930 Panzer IV/70 (V)s, 560 in 1944 and 370 in the first three months of 1945 – a total production run only just above the target for a single month!
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
