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Hetzer painted in late-war three tone colors of African-Yellow, Red Brown, Forest Green. Mounting spare tracks and roadwheel on side hull is clear indication this Hetzer was formerly a postwar Swiss Army Jagdpanzer G-13 tank destroyer, repainted to wartime German colors. Hetzer Inside and Out - http://ipmslondon.tripod.com/armourreferencearticles/id27.html
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With surplus German equipment on postwar world market, Swiss purchased about 160 Hetzers in 1946-1947 from former Czechoslovakia, retained German 7.5cm Stuk 40 gun, added a muzzle brake, some 90 modified with Saurer diesel engines . Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
Panzerjäger 38(t) Sd.Kfz.138/2 - www.achtungpanzer.com/hetzer.htm
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From this batch, 8 were original war- time Hetzers, while rest were converted into G-13 standards. Both Hetzers and Swiss Jagdpanzer G-13 can be found in museums worldwide, such as :
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: Hetzer and crew in modern WW2 re-enactment, color profile projects accurate image of ambush camouflage and tank destroyer compact size blending superbly into surrounding forest. Alternating light and dark camouflage regions merge into tree shading appearance, although wheels retained its African Yellow base color cast stark contrast in this environment, hence was usually also painted with camouflage. Hetzer Jagdpanzer 38 : A DETAILED STUDY OF THE VEHICLE - www.pzfahrer.net/
- Inset : Hetzer wreckage on display at outdoor war museum in Warsaw-Poland, presumably this was the Hetzer impressed into service by Polish Home Army during August 1944 uprising against the Germans. Hetzer used in static defense of street barricades along Napoleon Square. Explosive impact shows vehicle hit in rear engine area where its fuel and munitions detonated. This hulk repainted with light green and light grey. Museum Powstania Warszawskiego (Warsaw Rising Museum) - www.1944.pl
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