![]() ![]() The vehicle was later "replaced" by the tank destroyer Jagdpanzer V Jagdpanther. It should be remembered that on Maa rhino managed to knock out a US (heavy, ed) tank M26 Pershing – in Niehl in Germany – at a distance of almost 270 meters. The baptism of fire for the German tank destroyer took place in the battle of Kursk (July 5-August 23, 1943), and it distinguished itself.ĭuring the war the vehicle was assigned to the heavy anti-tank battalions The rhino it operated on almost all war theaters (particularly the eastern front and Italy). The vehicle was initially called hornet (bumblebee) a short time later, however, he was renamed rhino (apparently at the behest of Hitler). The armored vehicle presented critical issues: maneuvering difficulties and slowness on the ground, despite the installation of special wide tracks for use on mud and snow little possibility of moving the gun horizontally and a lack of protection for the crew. However, the gun was considered - according to the technicians of the time - the most powerful in its category (among those in production). The casemate protection was considerably less thick than that of the hull and did not exceed 10mm thick. The arrangement of the gun (88 mm) was in an open casemate at the top and placed in the rear area of the hull. The movement system of the tracks was that of the wagon IV, with 8 small wheels on each side, and 4 upper idlers, also on each side. However, the hull had a different location, since the propulsion system was moved to the front. The German vehicle was developed and set up around 1942 on a hull "derived" from medium tanks Panzer III e IV. Il rhino was born, essentially, from the need to have a Panzerjager capable of countering even more effectively the Soviet tanks (in particular the T-34 and KV-1 switch). German war industry in World War II globally manufactured about 494 rhino and more than 700 Bumblebee. ![]() ![]() ![]() It should be emphasized that the same hull used for the "Rhinoceros" was used to create the self-propelled artillery Bumblebee with 150 mm fire mouth. The German armored personnel carrier rhino (rhinoceros) was one of the most important tank destroyers used in the Second World War.Īccording to the technicians it constituted a sort of transition between “the classic self-propelled 88mm gun and later heavily armored tank destroyers” 1. ![]()
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