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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 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).
Panzerjäger für 8.8cm PaK43 auf Fgst Panther I. A jagdpanzer ("hunting tank") self-propelled anti-tank gun based on the Panther chassis with a 71-calibres long 8.8cm PaK43 gun in a fixed casemate superstructure with limited traverse mounting. 392 built by MIAG and MNH from January 1944 to March 1945. Panzer-Bergegerät (Panther I) (Sd.Kfz.179)
Panther tanks are loaded for transport to the front, 1943. During the course of the war the Allies made sustained efforts to determine the extent of German productivity, and approached this in two major ways: conventional intelligence gathering and statistical estimation.
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.
The VK 30.01 (D) and VK 30.02 (D), also known as VK.3001 (DB) were two tank designs made by Daimler Benz submitted for the VK 30 project for a 30 tonne tank to be used by the German army. The Versuchskonstruktion 30.01 (D) and 30.02 (D), in English "experimental design 30 tonnes Daimler", [ a ] was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 and ...
This is a list of VK-designated tanks made by Germany from 1930s until 1945.. Versuchskonstruktion (abbreviated to VK or Vs.Kfz.) from Versuchs Kraftfahrzeug meaning "research/experimental vehicle," [citation needed] was used in the names of some German experimental or prototype tanks produced before and during World War II.
The Panther II is a German tank design of the Second World War based on the design of the original Panther tank. It had slightly thicker armour than the Panther and adopted some standardised components from the Tiger II tank design. [1] [a] The Panther II did not progress beyond prototypes and did not enter production.