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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 remaining panzer divisions were heavy with obsolete models, equipped as they were with 34 Panzer Is, 33 Panzer IIs, 5 Panzer IIIs, and 6 Panzer IVs per battalion. [76] Although the Polish Army possessed less than 200 tanks capable of penetrating the German light tanks, Polish anti-tank guns proved more of a threat, reinforcing German faith ...
In June 1941 Panzer III tanks first encountered the Soviet T-34 medium tank. Initially the Germans had 1,449 Panzer III tanks ready for combat, about 950 of which were versions equipped with the 50 mm L/42 gun, which constituted the Wehrmacht's main tank force. [5] In July 1941 36 Panzer and motorized infantry divisions were assigned to the ...
Of 2,574 tanks available for the campaign, no fewer than 523 were Panzer Is, while there were 627 Panzer IIIs and IVs, 955 Panzer II, 106 Czech Panzer 35(t), and 228 Panzer 38(t). [64] For their defense, the French boasted up to 4,000 tanks, including 300 Char B1 , armed with a 47 mm (1.7 in) gun in the turret and a larger 75 mm (2.95 in) low ...
The fourth and final suspension configuration used for the Panzer II tanks was the five overlapping road wheel configuration termed Schachtellaufwerk by the Germans. [6] This was used as the basis for the redesign of the Panzer II into a reconnaissance tank with high speed and good off-road performance. [6] The Ausf.
A (Sd.Kfz. 267) Command tanks; 329 converted with extra radio equipment and reduced ammunition storage. Panzerbeobachtungswagen Panther. Artillery observers tank converted from Panther Is by removing the main armament and fitting a dummy gun with a ball fitting for a machine gun on the blanked off turret front. 41 were converted late 1944 ...
A Panzer tank is an armored fighting vehicle used by the German Army. Panzer tank may refer to: Panzer I; Panzer I Ausf. C; Panzer I Ausf. F; Panzer II; Panzer III;
Leopard 2A5s of the German Army (Heer). This article deals with the tanks (German: Panzer) serving in the German Army (Deutsches Heer) throughout history, such as the World War I tanks of the Imperial German Army, the interwar and World War II tanks of the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Cold War tanks of the West German and East German Armies, all the way to the present day tanks of the Bundeswehr.