Panther tank- Achtung Panzer!

The Panther was intended to supplement the Panzer IV and replace the Panzer III medium tanks. Each German Panzer (armored) Division had two tank battalions; the intent was to equip one battalion in each division with Panthers, retaining the lighter, older, but still useful Panzer IV in the other battalion. Beginning in mid-1943, battalions were gradually converted to Panthers.

The Panther first saw action at Kursk on July 5, 1943. Early tanks were plagued with mechanical problems: the track and suspension often broke, and the engine was dangerously prone to overheating and bursting into flames. At Kursk, more Panthers were disabled by their own failings than by enemy action. For example, the XLVIII Panzer Corps reported on July 10, 1943, that they had 38 Panthers operational and 131 awaiting repair, out of about 200 they had started with on July 5. Heinz Guderian, who had not wanted Hitler to order them into combat so soon, later remarked about the early Panther's performance in the battle: "they burnt too easily, the fuel and oil systems were insufficiently protected, and the crews were lost due to lack of training." Guderian also stated, however, that the firepower and frontal armor were good. While many of the Panthers used at Kursk were damaged or suffered from mechanical difficulties, only a small number were lost for good and the tanks also achieved success, with 263 Soviet tanks claimed to have been destroyed by them. Although its frontal armour was thinner than the Tiger's, it was also much more sloped and proved harder for Soviet shells to penetrate

After Kursk, the tanks suffering from damage or mechanical breakdowns were repaired and the inherent design problems of the early Ausf. D models were fixed, making the Panther a truly formidable tank. Later in 1943 and, especially, into 1944 Panthers appeared in increasing numbers on the Soviet-German front. By June 1944, Panthers were about one-half of the German tank strength both in the east and the west. The Panther was increasingly commonly encountered by Allied forces and by the end of the war it was the third most produced German armored fighting vehicle.

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[Atvor]

GERMAN STEEL!!!!!

[Armyof9000]

imagine a tank like this in the hand of a military genius like Rommel.

[ViciousV17]

Awesome tanks ! What a glorious time for these war machines.

Vicious.

[rantanplan36]

Obs stürmt oder schneit,

der Anus is bereit,

Der Kameradenpenis heiss, wie jeder weiss,

bewichst die Visage, der Kamerad sehr in Rage.

Ein riesiger Tuntenhaufen,

wollte bis nach Moskau laufen.

Hat nicht funktioniert, daher aufm Rückzug onaniert!

Anus Heil!

[rourkethewrestler]

it is like f1 car :P

[gamemakerman100]

it's very speed like t-34 also it has very heavy armor