Tier IV Tank Destroyer Germany

Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer

Hetzer

Tank ID 1809

Vehicle description

Wargaming Tankopedia

In 1943, the Wehrmacht were experiencing a dire shortage of StuG III tank destroyers because the joint U.S.A.-U.K. air raids caused considerable damage to the Alkett company's factory that produced these vehicles. December 1943, a decision was made to utilize the working capacities of the BMM company in Prague to start production of tank destroyers. Components of the Pz.Kpfw. 38(t) tank were widely used in the new vehicle. The first prototypes were produced in March 1944. More than 2,800 vehicles were built by May 1945.

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Technical profile

Standard configuration

Hit points

415

Weight

16.2 t

Forward speed

42 km/h

Reverse speed

11 km/h

View range

260 m

Signal range

290 m

Armour

	Front	Sides	Rear
Hull	60	20	8
Turret	–	–	–

Engine: Praga TN 100 · 100 hp

Radio: FuG 37

Armament

Standard gun and ammunition

7,5 cm Stu.K. 40 L/43

Calibre 75 mm

Reload time 3.9 s

Aiming time 1.7 s

Dispersion 0.39

Rate of fire 15.38 /min

Ammo capacity 60

Shell types

AP · armour-piercing Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 77 / 103 / 129 mm

APCR · composite rigid Damage 83 / 110 / 138

Penetration 104 / 139 / 174 mm

HE · high explosive Damage 131 / 175 / 219

Penetration 29 / 38 / 48 mm

Marks of Excellence

Damage thresholds

Combined Damage (Damage + Assist + Tracking)

Combined damage

1 Mark ≥ 65 %

817

2 Marks ≥ 85 %

1,188

3 Marks ≥ 95 %

1,535

Approximation based on WN8 expected values — not an official Wargaming figure.

WN8 Expected Values

XVM reference

XVM Expected Values for WN8 calculation (per battle)

Per battle (avg.)

Avg. damage 495

Avg. spotted 0.63

Avg. kills 1.40

Avg. defence 1.19

Exp. win rate 55.98 %

Community stats

Measured, not estimated

Average across every profile stored on WG-Watch — real battles instead of expected values.

Win rate

51.98 %

Avg. WN8

984

Battles

44,164

As of Aug 31, 2026

Rank 32 of 57 at Tier IV

Best players on this tank

By WN8

From the stored profiles, minimum 50 battles on this vehicle. Updated daily.

#	Player	WN8	Battles	Win rate
1	H0bg0bl1n eu	3,733	1,012	69.47 %
2	m00h eu	3,336	252	68.65 %
3	Quickfingers eu	2,987	100	65.00 %
4	Justinsweden eu	2,907	55	52.73 %
5	Drtin1 eu	2,793	89	51.69 %
6	Zarkses eu	2,743	267	58.80 %
7	Smaczny_Jest eu	2,707	120	62.50 %
8	GehakteMolen eu	2,571	124	62.10 %
9	bushseeker eu	2,511	83	50.60 %
10	Panzerfighter_ eu	2,476	222	63.51 %