and served mainly on the Eastern Front. In the West, they were encountered in very small numbers late in the Battle of Normandy; the German 654 schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung ("654th Heavy Antitank Battalion") deployed about twelve Jagdpanthers against the British armed forces. Seven Jagdpanthers of the 1. Schwere Panzerjäger Bataillon 559 were involved in the Battle of Geel in September 1944. Later, significant numbers were concentrated in the West for the Ardennes Offensive. Survivors Four surviving Jagdpanthers are restored to running condition one each at the Deutsches Panzermuseum at Munster and the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung (WTS) at Koblenz. The Weald Foundation in the UK restored one Jagdpanther to running condition and has a second undergoing restoration. The Imperial War Museum at Duxford, UK has restored a Panzerbefehlswagen Jagdpanther to running condition. Seven surviving Jagdpanthers are displayed at Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, UK. One of those assembled by the British Army Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers for trials, late production model. Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire, UK. An early production Panzerbefehlswagen variant, with three shell holes on the right side of the engine compartment with the left side, sectioned and opened to public view. Provenance is uncertain but claimed to be one knocked out during the battle of Hechtel, Belgium by Hugh Griffiths, previously displayed at Imperial War Museum London. Kubinka Tank Museum, Moscow, Russia Musée des Blindés in Saumur, France Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, Sinsheim, Germany Panzermuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland U.S Army Armor & Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning, Georgia, USA The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum, Cairns QLD, completed the restoration of a Jagdpanther from battlefield relics The Wheatcroft Collection, Leicestershire, England owns sufficient parts to restore another but financial pressures have limited their capacity to pay for the restoration See also SU-100 Elefant, another enclosed German tank destroyer mounting the PaK 43. List of WWII Maybach engines Notes References Spielberger, Walter, Panther & Its Variants, 1993. Chris Ellis & Peter Chamberlain, AFV Profile No. 10 - Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Profile Publications. External links Jagdpanther by Christian Ankerstjerne at Panzerworld Achtung Panzer! Surviving Panther Tanks PDF listing of the Panther tanks (Panther, Jagdpanther, Bergepanther) still surviving World War II tank destroyers of Germany Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944