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{{Short description|German armoured self-propelled anti-tank gun designation}}
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[[File:Panzermuseum Munster 2010 0449.JPG|thumb|right|Jagdpanzer IV at the Deutsches Panzermuseum]]
'''''Jagdpanzer''''' ("tank destroyer") ('''JgPz''') is the name given in [[German language|German]] to an armored, [[continuous track|tracked]] tank destroyer, although it may also be used for other kinds of [[self-propelled artillery|self-propelled gun]]s. Translated from German, ''Jagdpanzer'' meaning "hunting tank".

It typically refers to anti-tank variants of existing [[tank]] [[chassis]] with a well-armored [[casemate]] superstructure that mount an [[anti-tank gun]] with limited traverse in the front.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roblin |first=Sebastien |date=2018-04-06 |title=Hitler's Monstrous 'Jagdtiger' Tank Destroyers Were a Colossal Failure |url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/hitlers-monstrous-jagdtiger-tank-destroyers-were-colossal-25256 |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=The National Interest |language=en}}</ref> These vehicles were classified by the western [[Allies of World War II]] as a [[tank destroyer]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199891580.001.0001/acref-9780199891580 |title=The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military |date=2001-01-01 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-989158-0 |edition=1 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780199891580.001.0001}}</ref>