Nashorn

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Nashorn was a German World War II tank destroyer armed with a powerful 88 mm gun and built on a modified Panzer IV chassis.

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Nashorn canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German tank destroyer
World War II vehicle
self-propelled anti-tank gun
armourLayout lightly armoured open-topped fighting compartment
armourThickness up to 30 mm
caliber 88 mm
category tank destroyer based on Panzer IV
chassisBasedOn Panzer IV tanks
surface form: Panzer IV chassis
chassisType modified Panzer IV chassis
combatTheatre Eastern Front
Italian Front
Western Front
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
crew 5
designedBy Alkett
designedForRole long-range anti-tank combat
driveLayout rear-engine, rear-drive
engine Maybach HL 120 TRM
surface form: Maybach HL120 TRM
engineType V-12 petrol engine
fightingCompartment open-topped
fuelType gasoline
gunMounting fixed casemate mount
gunTraverse limited traverse
height about 2.65 m
hullFrontArmour 30 mm
introduced 1943
length about 8.44 m
manufacturer Alkett
Deutsche Eisenwerke
meaningOfName rhinoceros in German
notableFeature high kill potential at long range
powerful long-barrel 88 mm gun
originalName Wasp
surface form: Hornisse
powerToWeightRatio about 10 hp/tonne
primaryArmament 8.8 cm Pak 43/1 L/71 gun
producedUnits about 494
productionPeriod 1943–1945
renamedFrom Wasp
surface form: Hornisse
renamedInYear 1944
retired post-World War II
secondaryArmament 7.92 mm MG 34 (often carried, not fixed)
serviceEntry 1943
suspension leaf spring bogies
topSpeed about 40 km/h
trackType Panzer IV-type tracks
usedBy German Army
Wehrmacht
usedInConflict World War II
weight about 24 tonnes
width about 2.95 m

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Panzer IV tanks chassisUsedFor Nashorn
subject surface form: Panzer IV
Hummel relatedVehicle Nashorn
Maybach HL230 P45 usedIn Nashorn