Bergepanther

Bergepanther
A Bergepanther displayed in the Musée des Blindés
Type	Armoured recovery vehicle
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	1943–1945
Used by	Wehrmacht
Wars	Second World War
Production history
Produced	1943-1945
No. built	339
Specifications
Mass	43 tonnes (47 short tons; 42 long tons)
Length	8.86 m (29 ft 1 in)
Width	3.42 m (11 ft 3 in)
Height	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Crew	5
Main armament	1 × 2 cm KwK 38 L/55 autocannon
Secondary armament	1 × 7.92 mm MG 42 machine gun
Engine	Maybach HL 230 12-cylinder gasoline engine 700 horsepower (520 kW)
Power/weight	19 hp/tonne
Operational range	200 mi (320 km)
Maximum speed	55 km/h (34 mph) maximum

The Bergepanzerwagen V (Sd.Kfz. 179), often referred to as the "Bergepanther", was an armoured recovery vehicle used by the German Army in WWII. It was a variant of the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (Sd.Kfz. 171).