Raketenjagdpanzer 2

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Raketenjagdpanzer 2
Type	Tank destroyer
Place of origin	West Germany
Specifications
Weight	23
Length	?
Width	2,98
Height	2,10
Crew	4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)

Armor	8-50
Primary armament	1 x SS.11 missile launcher, 14 missiles
Secondary armament	2 x 7.62mm MG3 machine guns, 8 x 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	420
Speed	70

The Raketenjagdpanzer 2 or Raketenjagdpanzer SS-11 was a German tank destroyer of the cold war era equipped with SS.11 guided anti tank missiles. It was developed at the same time as the Kanonenjagdpanzer and the Marder and shares a similar chassis with them.

Between 1967 and 1968 Henschel and Hanomag built 318 Raketenjagdpanzer 2 for the Bundeswehr. Starting around 1978 316 of them were upgraded with additional armour and a new missile system and redesignated as Raketenjagdpanzer Jaguar 1.