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The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated Pz.Kpfw. V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II.It was used in most European theatres of World War II from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945.
The British Mark V tank [a] was an upgraded version of the Mark IV tank. The tank was improved in several aspects over the Mark IV, chiefly the new steering system, transmission and 150 bhp engine, but it fell short in other areas, particularly its insufficient ventilation leading to carbon monoxide poisoning for the crew. [ 5 ]
Entwicklung Series Entwicklung series, a comprehensive redesign of German armor from small tracked vehicles to a 100-ton super-heavy tank. Only a single E-100 chassis was completed; Leichttraktor, pre-war light tank, four built; Neubaufahrzeug, pre-war heavy tank design, five built; Panther II, development of the Panzerkampfwagen V "Panther". A ...
Panzerkampfwagen Panther II. An up-armoured Panther with revised suspension. Only two prototypes were completed before the end of the war and the Panther II was superseded by the E-50. Geschützwagen Panther für sFH18/4 (Sf) (Gerät 811) A weapon carrier / self-propelled artillery with de-mountable 15cm sFH18/4 heavy field howitzer. The sole ...
The Panther (Panzer V Panther, Sd.Kfz. 171) was a medium tank armed with a 75 mm KwK 42 L/70 gun. It was intended to replace the Panzer III and IV. The Jagdpanther (Sd.Kfz. 173) was a Jagdpanzer ("hunting tank") variant with the more powerful 88 mm L/71 PaK43 gun on modified Panther chassis. A successor to the Ferndinand and Nashorn, these were ...
When Soviet tank designers were preparing a successor to the BT tank series, they combined its excellent mobility with thick, sloped armour and the unprecedented [citation needed] firepower of a 76.2 mm high-velocity gun. The result was the T-34 medium tank, whose superb capabilities shocked the German Wehrmacht when it
In the Battle of Amiens, 8 August 1918, the British Mk V* tank (a lengthened Mark V) carried a small number of machine gunners as an experiment, but the men were debilitated by the conditions inside the vehicle. [28] Later that year the first purpose-built APC, the British Mk IX tank (Mark Nine), appeared.
With a hand-held PIAT anti-tank launcher he disabled a Mark V Panther tank at a range of just 30 feet (9.1 metres), and while protecting a wounded comrade, killed four panzergrenadiers and routed others. When another tank was sent to take out his position, he used another PIAT to damage it enough to cause it to retreat and wander in a strange ...