http://www.flickr.com/photos/willdwinnell/tags/germantank/ Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:38 -0700 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:38 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3555/buddyicons/41263881@N03.jpg?1249764479#41263881@N03 http://www.flickr.com/photos/willdwinnell/tags/germantank/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/willdwinnell/3985199687/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/willdwinnell/">PredictorX</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/willdwinnell/3985199687/" title="Jagdpanzer in Aberdeen, Maryland"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2485/3985199687_4e68c3bc77_m.jpg" width="240" height="167" alt="Jagdpanzer in Aberdeen, Maryland" /></a></p> <p>This is the Jagdpanzer, one of a number of turret-less tanks used by the Germans during World War 2.<br /> <br /> Note the infamous (or famous, depending on which side you're on) 88mm main gun, which employed a Gerlich &quot;taper bore&quot; design (the inside diameter of the barrel is smaller at the muzzle than at the breach, and a soft metal skirt around the shell is compressed as the round moves through the barrel, helping maintain gas pressure and increasing muzzle velocity).<br /> <br /> Also note the boxy, sloped armor and the machine gun mount on the left (missing the machine gun barrel, in this specimen).</p> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:49:38 -0700 2009-10-05T21:49:38-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (PredictorX) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/3985199687 Jagdpanzer in Aberdeen, Maryland <p>This is the Jagdpanzer, one of a number of turret-less tanks used by the Germans during World War 2.<br /> <br /> Note the infamous (or famous, depending on which side you're on) 88mm main gun, which employed a Gerlich &quot;taper bore&quot; design (the inside diameter of the barrel is smaller at the muzzle than at the breach, and a soft metal skirt around the shell is compressed as the round moves through the barrel, helping maintain gas pressure and increasing muzzle velocity).<br /> <br /> Also note the boxy, sloped armor and the machine gun mount on the left (missing the machine gun barrel, in this specimen).</p> PredictorX germany army deutschland tank military thirdreich wwii maryland worldwarii aberdeen german armor weapon ww2 vehicle char 88 armour armored axis weapons worldwar2 deutsch panzer antitank armoredvehicle tracked armoured wehrmacht 88cm 88mm trackedvehicle jagdpanther armouredvehicle tanktread germantank gerlich tankhunter tankdestroyer usarmyordnancemuseum jagdpanzer slopedarmor tanktreads germanarmor turretless taperbore