E 100 Tank Destroyer
A proposal to mount a large caliber antiaircraft gun on the chassis of the e 100 tank.
E 100 tank destroyer. During the last 5 years and older many lovers of world war ii german tanks have speculated about the development of the e 100 heavy tank and especially they speculated about the possible existence of a tank destroyer designed on the hull of e 100. The panzerkampfwagen e 100 gerät 383 tg 01 was a german super heavy tank design developed towards the end of world war ii an assault gun variant was also proposed. Better source needed by the end of the war a single prototype chassis of the e 100 had been produced and it was only partially completed after the war the prototype was shipped to the united kingdom for trials but was. The jagdpz e 100 is the tier x german tank destroyer.
However development was never started. The waffenamt ordered the basic design making it a parallel development to the maus during june 1943. The e 100 was conceived as the basis for a self propelled gun an antiaircraft vehicle and a tank destroyer. Blitz hangar v1 15 6 client v7 3 221.
Of course the jagdpanzer e 100 doesn t really play like a tank destroyer lurking in the bushes and waiting for the best chance to strike. Germany tank destroyers. The vehicle was to feature either 128 or 150 mm guns with an automatic loading system. It had the ability to be used as a heavy artillery system platform a heavy tank destroyer and even an anti aircraft vehicle.
This hypothetical vehicle also had a nickname. In 2017 trumpeter retooled the kit now calling it stug e 100 rather than jagdpanzer e 100. However development was never started. The new version of the kit has the casemate at the rear and even seems to include the correct gun mounting the only surviving piece of design for the original sturmgeschütz e 100 maus.
Anyone who has been struck by the massive gun of this tank will tell you steer clear of it if it happens to find you. The e 100 was conceived as the basis for a self propelled gun an antiaircraft vehicle and a tank destroyer. Jagdpanzer e 100 video review covering the main vehicle characteristics and its combat behavior. However development was never started.
The entwicklung series from german entwicklung development more commonly known as the e series was a late world war ii attempt by nazi germany to produce a standardised series of tank designs. Instead it s an assault gun meant for close combat which is why it has such strong armour and high survivability.