Nashorn

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Sd.Kfz. 164 Nashorn
A Nashorn on display at Patriot Park military museum in Moscow, Russia
Type	Tank destroyer
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Production history
Designer	Alkett
Manufacturer	Alkett, Deutsche Eisenwerke (Teplitz-Schönau)
No. built	494
Specifications
Mass	24 tonnes (52,900 lb)
Length	8.44 m (27 ft 8 in) with gun 6.20 m (20 ft 4 in) excluding gun
Width	2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)[1]
Height	2.65 m (8 ft 8 in)
Crew	5
Armor	hull: 20–30 mm (0.78–1.18 in) superstructure: 10 mm (0.39 in)
Main armament	88 mm (3.46 in) 8.8 cm Pak 43/1 gun with 40-60 rounds
Secondary armament	7.92 mm MG34 or MG42 machine gun (carried inside) with 600 rounds
Engine	Maybach HL120 TRM 11.9-litre V-12 gasoline engine 296 hp (300 PS, 221 kW)
Power/weight	12.3 hp/tonne
Transmission	ZF SSG 77 Aphon
Suspension	leaf spring
Ground clearance	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Fuel capacity	470 L (100 imp gal; 120 US gal) in two fuel tanks
Operational range	260 km (146 mi)[2]
Maximum speed	42 km/h (26 mph)
Steering system	Daimler-Benz/Wilson clutch/brake

Nashorn (German: [ˈnaːsˌhɔɐ̯n], German for "rhinoceros"), initially known as Hornisse (German "hornet"), was a German Panzerjäger ("tank hunter") of World War II. It was developed as an interim solution in 1942 by equipping a light turretless chassis based on the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks with the 8.8 cm Pak 43 anti-tank gun. Though only lightly armoured and displaying a high profile, it could penetrate the front armour of any Allied tank at long range, and its relatively low cost and superior mobility to heavier vehicles ensured it remained in production until the war's end.