The design of this compact German army tank destroyer was based on the
hull of Czechoslovakian 38T tank. Thanks to the vehicles powerful
chassis various versions to be engaged as tank destroyers were designed
based on this model, in the beginning simply by mounting protected
machine guns. Later on they produced this model with an armoured machine
gun mount. The Hetzer, which was pressed into service in the second
half of 1944, proved to be an extremely efficient tank against even the
most potent Allied military vehicles.