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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.
In particular, it is used in the proper names of military formations (Panzerdivision, 4th Panzer Army, etc.), and in the proper names of tanks, such as Panzer IV, etc. The dated German term is Panzerkampfwagen, "tank" or "armoured combat vehicle". The modern commonly used synonym is Kampfpanzer, or "fight panzer".
The Panzer III was the first tank to have a 3-man turret: the commander did not have to double up as a loader or a gunner, so he could concentrate on commanding the tank. Variants: Panzer III A-F= armed with 37 mm L/45 gun; Panzer III F-M = armed with 50 mm L/42 or L/60 gun; Panzer III N = armed with 75 mm L/24 gun, used for Infantry support
Panzer II (f) - flamethrower tank (converted from older types) Marder II - 75 mm PaK 40 L/46 or captured Soviet 76.2 mm gun on Panzer II chassis (Sd.Kfz. 131/132) (some converted from older types) Wespe - 105 mm light field howitzer on Panzer II chassis (Sd.Kfz. 124) Sturmpanzer II - 150 mm heavy infantry gun on Panzer II chassis
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
LT vz. 35 (Czech Army designation for the Skoda S-11 / Panzer 35(t)) (434; Czechoslovakia) LT vz. 38 (Czech Army designation for the CKD TNH-PS / Panzer 38(t)) (1,414; Czechoslovakia) Luchs (popular name for the Ausf L version of the Panzer II) Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (6; Sweden)
British 12-ton tank (type unclear – likely Vickers Medium Mark II, possibly Cruiser Mk I, or remotely Matilda I) T26 (88 provided by Soviets in 1938) BT-5 (4 provided by Soviets in 1938)
Thing (popular name for the Kurierwagen, also known as the Type 181, Type 182, Safari and Trekker) Ti-67 main battle tank based on the T-55 (Israel; Cold War) Tiger (popular name for the Panzer VI) TILOS VTL armoured logistics vehicle (Italy; modern) Timoney wheeled armoured personnel carrier (Ireland; Cold War)