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The short-barreled Panzer IV Ausf. F1. In April 1941, production of the Panzer IV Ausf. F started. It featured 50 mm (1.97 in) single-plate armour on the turret and hull, as opposed to the appliqué armour added to the Ausf. E, [24] and a further increase in side armour to 30 mm (1.18 in). [29]
The Kugelblitz combined the chassis and basic superstructure of the Panzer IV tank with a newly designed oscillating turret. This turret was fully enclosed, with overhead protection and 360° traverse. Mass production was planned, but never happened due to the disruption by Allied bombing efforts. [2]
The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone [a] 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German Panzer IV (F2 model onwards) medium tank and the Sturmgeschütz III (F model onwards) and Sturmgeschütz IV assault guns which were used as tank destroyers.
Panzerjäger I, a Czech 4.7 cm KPÚV vz. 38 anti-tank gun on Panzer I Ausf.B chassis; Sturmpanzer I Bison, the 15 cm sIG 33 heavy infantry support gun on a Panzer I Ausf.B chassis; Flakpanzer I, a 2cm Flak 38 anti-aircraft cannon on Panzer I Ausf.A chassis; kleiner Panzerbefehlswagen, an armoured command vehicle on Panzer I Ausf.B chassis
Panzer I Ausf. A in combat during the German invasion of Norway. Panzer III Ausf. D in Poland, 1939 German tank formation German Panzer IV with 7.5cm KwK 37 L/24 7.5 cm KwK 40 L/48 on a Panzer IV. During the initial campaigns of the Second World War, Germany's light tanks, including the Panzer I, formed the bulk of its armored strength. [52]
Single 37mm FlaK 43 gun on Panzer IV chassis; Wirbelwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti aircraft. quadruple 20mm FlaK 38 guns in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, Ostwind (Flakpanzer IV) - Anti Aircraft. Single 37mm FlaK 43 in armoured turret on Panzer IV chassis, with; The Panzer IV was originally armed with a low-velocity short-barreled (L/24) 75 ...
Although slow, production of the Panzer IV had continued; by the end of 1940 386 Ausf. D models were in service and in 1941 a further 480 were produced, despite an order from the army for 2,200. The short 75 mm (2.95 in) L/24 gun was the main advantage of the Panzer IV; the weight and armor of early models were close to that of the Panzer III.
Advertised as variant D/G hybrid, with an Ausf. D hull and Ausf. G turret. There are many questions surrounding this vehicle. The turret has a replacement sheet metal mantlet, vaguely resembling a late Ausf. G mantlet, with no ports for gunners sight or coaxial machine gun. The pistol port on the turret rear indicates an Ausf. A or early Ausf. G.