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== General info == | == General info == | ||
=== Survivability and armour === | === Survivability and armour === | ||
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| + | 50 mm frontal plate can give protection against heavy machinegun and some small calibre cannon. Care must be taken in regards to strafing planes because even .50 can penetrate your roof armour, usually resulting in 1-2 crew loss and potential engine fire. | ||
=== Mobility === | === Mobility === | ||
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| + | It is quite mobile for a tank destroyer, meaning it can allow for gettingo into a sniping position early game and quickly changing flank locations. | ||
== Armaments == | == Armaments == | ||
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* Fast firing gun | * Fast firing gun | ||
* Fast speed and Mobility | * Fast speed and Mobility | ||
| − | * HEAT-FS can reliably penetrate | + | * HEAT-FS can reliably penetrate Russian sloped armour |
'''Cons:''' | '''Cons:''' | ||
* Glass canon, your armour is bad from all around | * Glass canon, your armour is bad from all around | ||
| − | * Small calibre for fifth rank tank destroyer | + | * Small calibre for a fifth rank tank destroyer |
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== History == | == History == | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 9 May 2019
Contents
Description
The JPz 4-5 is a rank IV German tank destroyer with a battle rating of 6.3 (AB/RB/SB). This tank destroyer was added in Update 1.53 "Firestorm".
General info
Survivability and armour
50 mm frontal plate can give protection against heavy machinegun and some small calibre cannon. Care must be taken in regards to strafing planes because even .50 can penetrate your roof armour, usually resulting in 1-2 crew loss and potential engine fire.
Mobility
It is quite mobile for a tank destroyer, meaning it can allow for gettingo into a sniping position early game and quickly changing flank locations.
Armaments
Main armament
Equipped with Rheinmetall BK 90/L40 90 mm anti-tank gun. When the Soviets began deploying their T-64 and T-72 main battle tanks, the 90 mm gun was not capable of engaging them in long-range combat and at that point the Kanonenjagdpanzer 90 mm became obsolete, despite the claims from manufacturers that the JPz 4-5 could be rearmed with a 105 mm gun.
Additional armament
Some tanks are armed with several guns in one or more turrets. Evaluate the additional weaponry and give advice on its use. Describe the ammunition available for additional weaponry. Give advice on about how to use them and how to fill the ammunition storage. If there is no additional weaponry remove this subsection.
Machine guns
Offensive and anti-aircraft machine guns not only allow you to fight some aircraft but also are effective against lightly armoured vehicles. Evaluate machine guns and give recommendations on its use.
Usage in battles
The best way of an engaging the enemy in this tank is to "scoot and shoot" since this vehicle is literally a glass cannon, concealment and cover are the JPz 4-5's best friend. There really isn't just one most dangerous enemy for this tank as its weak armour makes it vulnerable to all kinds of vehicles.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Low profile, meaning enemy will have a hard time searching for your silhouette
- Fast firing gun
- Fast speed and Mobility
- HEAT-FS can reliably penetrate Russian sloped armour
Cons:
- Glass canon, your armour is bad from all around
- Small calibre for a fifth rank tank destroyer
- Stock shell is APCR
History
Describe the history of the creation and combat usage of the ground vehicle in more detail than in the introduction. If the historical reference turns out to be too big, take it to a separate article, taking a link to the article about the vehicle and adding a block "/ History" (example: https://wiki.warthunder.com/(Vehicle-name)/History) and add a link to it here using the main template. Be sure to reference text and sources by using <ref>, as well as adding them at the end of the article. This section may also include the vehicle's dev blog entry (if applicable) and the in-game encyclopedia description (under === Encyclopedia Info ===, also if applicable).
Media
Skin and Camouflages for the JPz 4-5 in Warthunder Live.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the series of the vehicles;
- links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.
External links
| Germany tank destroyers | |
|---|---|
| Pz. I Derivatives | Panzerjäger I |
| Pz. II Derivatives | 15cm sIG 33 B Sfl |
| Pz. 38(t) Derivatives | Marder III · Marder III H · Jagdpanzer 38(t) |
| Pz. III Derivatives | StuG III A · StuG III F · StuG III G · StuH 42 G |
| Pz. IV Derivatives | Jagdpanzer IV · Panzer IV/70(A) · Panzer IV/70(V) · Dicker Max · Nashorn · Brummbär · VFW |
| Pz. V Derivatives | Jagdpanther G1 · Bfw. Jagdpanther G1 |
| Pz. VI Derivatives | Sturer Emil · Elefant · Ferdinand · 38 cm Sturmmörser · Jagdtiger |
| Wheeled/Half-track | 8,8 cm Flak 37 Sfl. · Sd.Kfz.251/9 · Sd.Kfz.251/10 · Sd.Kfz.251/22 · Sd.Kfz.234/3 · Sd.Kfz.234/4 · 15 cm Pz.W.42 |
| ATGM Carrier | RakJPz 2 · RakJPz 2 (HOT) · Wiesel 1A2 |
| Other | Waffenträger · M109G · JPz 4-5 · Raketenautomat · VT1-2 |
