【The guardian of anti-tank forces, appeared in response to the T34】
In the early stages of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union, the Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun played an active role against the Soviet mainstay tanks, the T34 and KV-2. It became clear that the main German tanks of the time, such as the III and IV, and even the best anti-tank weapon of the time, the 50mm anti-tank gun, were ineffective. Under these circumstances, the 75mm anti-tank gun appeared with great expectations. Its performance was outstanding: it could penetrate 130 mm armor plate at a distance of 1,000 m using armor-piercing rounds and could fire 14 rounds per minute. focused on this high performance, the Marder II anti-tank self-propelled gun was built: an open-top fighting compartment configured on the body of the No. II tank, with a 75 mm gun mounted in it. Production began in mid-1942, and it served as an excellent pinch hitter.
