The Panzer IV began as a support tank but evolved into the backbone of Germany’s armored forces. As Allied armor improved, ...
The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: The B1s were very tough—flat-out invulnerable to the 20-milimeter gun on the Wehrmacht’s most numerous tank, the Panzer II. Panzer III, 38t and IV tanks only had a ...
On the night of July 11, 1943, Soviet commanders ordered a dawn assault near Prokhorovka with hundreds of T-34s and light tanks aimed at crushing the German II SS Panzer Corps. On paper the Red Army ...