Osprey - Early US Armor Japanese 930 Jadgpanzer IV /70(V) Langs

930 Jadgpanzer IV /70(V) Langs were produced between August 1944 and March 1945

By Simon Forty

The "Lang" (German for "long") in its name was added to distinguish it from its predecessor with a shorter L/48 7

By Bryan Perrett

Osprey - Early US Armor Japanese 930 Jadgpanzer IV /70(V) LangsBy Steven J Zaloga. Armored Cars 1915 40. The first American armoured cars began to emerge around the turn of the century, seeing their first military use in 1916 during the Punitive Expedition against Pancho Villa. When the United States entered World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces used some armoured cars in France, and American armoured cars were used by the French Army. The inter war years saw considerable innovation and experimentation