The Jagdpanzer IV is a German Tank destroyer based on on the chasis of the Panzer IV. In Company of Hereos it was add to the community created mod "Eastern Front' in patch 1.40.
Historical Info: In late 1942 the success of the StuG III had shown that the strategy of mounting a large gun on an exsisting chasis was a proved concept for the tank destroyer. Also the need for a cheap and easy to produce anti-tank platform was becoming increasingly aparent. In response to this need four designs were drawn up, the first would eventully become the Jagdpanzer 38 (t), built on the outdated Panzer 38 (t) chasis and more well known as the Hetzer, around 4,000 were produced. The second used a Panther hull and an 8.8cm gun used on the larger King Tiger design to create the Jagdpanther, around 400 were produced. The third followed the same suit as the Jagdpanther, but used a King Tiger hull and used a 12.8cm gun that was planned for the Maus, the result was the Jagdtiger and around 88 were produced. The final design, the Jagdpanzer IV was to follow the same suit as before and mounted a PaK 39 L/48 on a Panzer IV chasis, around 2,000 were produced.
It is offered as a reward unit as of the patch 1.40 Rise of Aces for The Eastern Front mod