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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]
I, IV and V, [4] although any vehicle could be converted to use the smaller weapon. Twenty-two Panzer IV Ausf. D, E and F chassis were modified, with a superstructure capable of carrying four shells that replaced the turret, and outfitted with a crane as Munitionsschlepper für Karl-Gerät ammunition transporters/loaders. [5]
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.
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.
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]
Panzer IV A-F1 - Panzer IV with short 75 mm L/24 gun; Panzer IV F2-J - Panzer IV with long 75 mm L/43 or L/48 gun; StuG IV (Sd.Kfz. 167) - Assault gun. Modified superstructure of Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. G on Panzer IV chassis; armed with 75 mm L/48 gun; Jagdpanzer IV (Sd.Kfz. 162) - Tank destroyer with 75 mm L/48 gun on Panzer IV chassis
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]
15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B or Sturmpanzer I Bison. 15 cm sIG 33 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II (Sf) or Sturmpanzer II Bison. [14] [better source needed] 15 cm sIG 33/2 (Sf.) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t) [15] [better source needed] 10.5 cm K gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette/Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. A (Pz.Sfl. IVa) "Dicker Max"