A restoration project for the German World War II Jagdpanther self-propelled gun from the Australian Armoured and Artillery Museum.
January 29, 2021
The museum announced that it will begin a Jagdpanther restoration project in 2022. They emphasized that the vehicle will be assembled from original World War II parts and showed a photo of the armor plate on the starboard side of the conning tower.
June 4, 2021
The restorers showed some very cool photos of the individual armor plates of the conning tower: frontal, rear, and upper. They announced that the vehicle would be restored to a static state.
October 8, 2021
It was announced that work on the Jagdpanther restoration project had begun. The first thing the craftsmen encountered was various deformations and damage to the metal. The photo showed the next armor plates: the roof and rear part of the fighting compartment, as well as the middle plate of the engine and transmission compartment.
November 12, 2021
Armored mask and other details.
March 25, 2022
The hull of the Jagdpanther is almost assembled. It can be seen that the side of the fighting compartment was assembled from fragments of armor.
Description of the drawings : The armored hull of the Sd.Kfz. 173 Jagdpanzer V Ausf G1 was welded at the armor plate manufacturing plant, after which the hull was delivered to the factory for further assembly.
The hull bottom was welded from two plates: 25 mm thick in the front and 16 mm in the rear. On the Ausf. G2 modification, 2 drain hatches were added to the bottom: one in the front and one in the rear.
April 22, 2022
Work on the hull is ongoing. Close-up of the armor plates and some details of the self-propelled gun hull are shown.
Drawings of ventilation grilles and engine compartment roof parts:
May 27, 2022
Blueprints:
June 3, 2022
The hull painting has begun and the wheels are ready. I will add drawings of the conning tower roof details to the photos from the restorers.
July 8, 2022
July 29, 2022
The painted hull of the Jagdpanther self-propelled artillery mount was delivered to the museum.
