In 1944, the Germans were actively developing heavy anti-tank guns. Since it was clear that mounting larger and larger guns in conventional methods was nearly impossible to do, they offered some different self-propelled gun designs to meet such requirement, and one of them was to use the Panther hull, the also called as Waffenträger Panther concept.

Waffenträger Panther’s partial blueprint

Based on the blueprint, it would use the 12,8 cm Pak 44 L/55 heavy anti-tank gun. But in theory, Waffenträger Panther would also be able to mount much bigger guns ranging from 15 cm – 17 cm caliber. The concept should be, more or less, similar with the North Korean M-1978 Koksan, also armed with an 170 mm anti-tank gun of unknown origin.

M-1978

M-1978


1944년 들어 독일은 대(對) 중(重)전차 화기의 개발에 열심이었다. 기존의 방식으로는 더 크고 아름다운 주포를 얹기가 거의 불가능하다는 것이 명백해진고로, 독일은 (대구경을 장착할 수 있는) 요구 사항을 충족시킬 수 있는 몇 가지 다른 자주포 도안들을 꺼내놓았고, 그것들 중 하나가 판터 차체를 사용하여 Waffentrager Panther 개념안으로 불렸다.

청사진에 따르면 이 기체는 12,8 cm Pak 44 L/55 대 중전차포(현재 9티어 Jagdtiger 최종 주포)를 장착하기로 되어있었다. 그러나 이론상으로는 15~17cm에 달하는 훨씬 더 크고 아름다운 주포를 얹을 수 있었다. 이 개념안은 어쩌면 근본없는(기반 차체를 알 수 없는) 170mm 대전차포로 무장한 북한의 M-1978 '곡산'과 얼추 비슷할지도 모르겠다.
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