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Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" V3

Strangely enough, among all those fancy heavy cats, this little buddy is probably my favorite WWII German armored vehicle / tank. I got a nice 1/72 diecast model on my desk, so I decided to also build one in KSP. Now in winter camouflage!

- With tracks (only decoration, but allow movement)
- Exhaust effect (stage once, adjust with throttle. This also activates fuel cells.)
- Gun firing muzzle effect (stage twice and throttle up. Hit AG1 to fire more shots.)
- Real crew accommodation: driver, gunner and loader sit on the left in a row, commander sits on the rear right. Has a functional commander's hatch.
- Machine gun can be rotated in SPH (rotate the Oscar-B tank)

- This is a semi-accurate (examined only with bare eyes), moderately detailed one-day build (and another day for tracks + optimization).
- It’s larger than the real thing, meanwhile its wheels are too small. Currently I have no idea how to get around this.
- About gun firing. First of all the principle: it uses the flame-out burst of fire from a hidden rocket motor. This burst of fire only appears when fuel supply is suddenly cut off or resumed with a >0% throttle. This rocket motor is fed via a decoupler (with a LOT of offset). Action group 1 is set to toggle its fuel crossfeed, which becomes the "fire" button. Thrust limit is set to minimal to eliminate normal exhaust.
- Ironically, the addition of "tracks" actually made it a bit less all-terrain, for the tracks will explode if they collide too hard (>8m/s) with slopes etc. But it can still travel over most normal terrains. Just drive with care.
- Real Hetzer has a top speed of around 42km/h (11.7m/s) on paved road and 15km/h (4.2m/s) cross-country. This replica can make it with no problems.

Wish you enjoy and happy driving!

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100% Stock, 188 parts. Root part is the drone core behind the gun.