"Jagdpanzer" 38s first entered service in July 1944, and would eventually be assigned to a number of units, including infantry, Panzerjäger and Volksgrenadier divisions. BMM and Škoda continually modified and improved the "Jagdpanzer" 38 during production of the more than 2,800 vehicles built. Owing to the ease of production and high operating rates, the "Jagdpanzer" 38 came to serve as Germany's main tank destroyer in the latter period of the war, making an important contribution on both the Eastern and Western Fronts.