Jaguar 2
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Jaguar 2 | |
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Type | Tank destroyer |
Place of origin | West Germany |
Specifications | |
Weight | 24.8 |
Length | 6.61 |
Width | 3.12 |
Height | 2.55 |
Crew | 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver) |
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Armor | 50 |
Primary armament |
1 x manually reloaded TOW launcher, 12 missiles |
Secondary armament |
1 x 7.62mm MG3 machine guns, 8 x smoke Discharger |
Engine | 2,94l MTU MB 837 Aa V8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel-engine 500 hp (368 kW) |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range |
400 |
Speed | 70 |
The Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 2 was a German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1983 to 1985, 162 Jaguar 2s were built for the Bundeswehr using obsolete Kanonenjagdpanzers by replacing the 90mm gun with a manually reloaded launcher for TOW 1 missiles and more armour. As of 1989 the TOW missiles were replaced with TOW 2s.