Jaguar 1

Jaguar 1

Type	Tank destroyer
Place of origin	West Germany
Specifications
Weight	25.7 t
Length	6.61 m
Width	3.12 m
Height	2.55 m
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)

Armor	50 mm
Main armament	1 x HOT ATGM drum launcher with 8 missiles, 12 reloads
Secondary armament	2 x 7.62mm MG3 machine guns, 8 smoke-dischargers
Engine	29,4l MTU MB 837 Aa V8 water-cooled multi-fuel diesel-engine 500 hp (368 kW)
Suspension	torsion bar
Operational range	380 km
Speed	70 km/h

The Raketenjagdpanzer (RakJPz) Jaguar 1 was a German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 to 1982, 316 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system with a HOT launcher and upgrading the armour. During the period 1993 to 1995, new optics and a thermal imaging system were added.

References

German fighting vehicles after World War II

Main battle tanks	Leopard 2

Main battle tanks/ Light tanks (retired)	M41 Walker Bulldog M47 Patton M48 Patton Leopard 1

Armoured weapons carrier	Wiesel 1/2

Tank destroyers ('Tank Hunters') (retired)	Raketenjagdpanzer 1 Raketenjagdpanzer 2 Kanonenjagdpanzer Jaguar 1 Jaguar 2

Armoured personnel carriers	Marder 1 A3/A5 Spz Puma TPz Fuchs GTK Boxer Mungo ESK DURO III YAK BV 206 S

Armoured personnel carriers (retired)	Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 M113 A2

Armoured reconnaissance vehicle	Fennek

Armoured reconnaissance vehicle (retired)	Schützenpanzer SPz 11-2 Kurz Spähpanzer Luchs

MRAPs/Light Armoured Patrol Vehicle	Dingo 1/2 LAPV Enok Eagle IV

Four-wheel drive vehicles	Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Self-propelled guns/Rocket artillery	PzH 2000 M270 MLRS

Self-propelled guns/Rocket artillery (retired)	M7 Priest M55 M109 M110 LARS

Air defence vehicles	LeFlaSys

Air defence vehicles (retired)	M42 A1 Roland Flakpanzer Gepard

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