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Hetzer color profile showing its Licht und Schatten Tarung (Light and Shadow) pattern, gun barrel painted black to disguise its length. This dapple camouflage can also be found on Panzer IV and Panther tanks, Jadgpanther Jadgpanzer IV tank destroyers, and SdKfz 251 armored halftracks.
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: Panzer 38t tank color plate, its chassis was used to develop the Hetzer. Designed and built by Czechs during 1930s, its large boggie wheels enabled good cross-country mobility and speed. When Germans seized Czechoslovakia in 1939 before WW2 outbreak, this tank design was immediately incorporated into German armored forces. Panzer 38(t) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_38
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By 1942, Panzer 38t withdrawn from frontlines, its chassis were converted to variety of roles including Panzerjager (self-propelled anti-tank mount), mobile field artillery, munitionsschlepper (ammo transporter), bergepanzer (recovery vehicle). Panzer 38t tanks were used in secondary roles on Eisenbahn (armored trains) to protect railway from partisans and in German occupied rear areas. Marketing note, EISENBAHN nowadays refers to a Brazilian microbrewery with a niche market following the Reinheitsgebot standard. Reinheitsgebot - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinheitsgebot
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Inset : Hetzer in WW2 re-enactment show, with foliage and netting camouflage to break up vehicle silhouette. These re-enactment teams are crucial assets to modern movie production of WW2 documentary/drama, preserving a precise nuance to combat, machinery, and its men.
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