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E tanks. These steel-rimmed wheels were introduced from hull number 121052 due to raw material shortages. [50] From November 1944 through February 1945, a conversion process began to use sleeve bearings in the Panther tank, as there was a shortage of ball bearings. The sleeve bearings were primarily used in the running gear; plans were also ...
The Panther KF51 (KF is short for German "Kettenfahrzeug" lit. ' tracked vehicle ' ) is a German fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) that is under development by Rheinmetall Landsysteme (part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems division).
Unlike the Panther tank, ... a new 80 cm diameter 'steel' wheel design with an internally sprung steel-rim tire was substituted. ... Early Tigers had a top speed of ...
The 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70 on a Panther Ausf. A tank. Panther Ausf. D tanks being transported by rail, 1943. Daimler-Benz (DB) and MAN were given the task of designing a new 30- to 35-ton tank, designated VK30.02, which resembled the T-34 hull and turret form. Like the T-34, the DB design had a rear drive sprocket.
The Tiger II was the successor to the Tiger I, combining the latter's thick armour with the armour sloping used on the Panther medium tank. It was the costliest German tank to produce at the time. The tank weighed almost 70 tonnes, and was protected by 100 to 185 mm (3.9 to 7.3 in) of armour to the front. [12]
The VK 30.01(D) was a fast, nimble tank weighing 35 tonnes (34 long tons; 39 short tons), [1] with a top speed of 56 km/h (35 mph) and a cruising range of 195 km (121 mi). Its main armament was the 7.5 cm (3.0 in) KwK 42 L/70 gun. It had a crew of 5 (driver, commander, gunner, bow gunner/radio operator, and the loader), and its armour ranged ...
The armoured hull is mounted on an 8-wheel drive, with 4 inner metal wheels, which can be raised for driving on the road. The four central wheels have aluminum rims with steel grousers , separated by rubber blocks; [ 3 ] with all eight wheels deployed, ground pressure is only 0.7 kg (1.5 lb) per 1 cm 2 (0.16 in 2 ).
This upgrade to the Panther tank increased the thickness of the glacis plate from 80 mm (3.1 in) to 100 mm (3.9 in), the side hull armour from 40 mm (1.6 in) to 60 mm (2.4 in), and decreased the armour on the top hull from 40 mm (1.6 in) to 30 mm (1.2 in). Production of the Panther II was slated to begin in September 1943.