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Heavy tanks. A Panzer VI Tiger of the 101st Abteilung in Northern France, late 1944. The Tiger was probably the most feared machine in the German arsenal. Its armor ranged from 100 to 120 mm (3.93-4.72 in) and the velocity and range of the 88 mm (3.46 in) gun gave its crew immense confidence in combat.
[Photo] Marder III Ausf. H tank destroyer during Battle of Kursk, Russia, summer 1943 World
The Marder II was a tank destroyer (panzer jager - tank hunter) based on a modified Panzer II Ausf. F tank chassis. The Panzer II was developed to overcome the many shortcomings of the previous Panzer I model.
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WW2 German Tank Destroyers Panzerjäger 38 (t) für 7.62 cm PaK 36 (r) 'Marder III' (Sd.Kfz.139) By MarkoPantelic May 8, 2018 11 Comments Contents: Panzer 38 (t) Panzerjäger 38 (t) für 7.62 cm PaK 36 (r) 'Marder III' (Sd.Kfz.139) Construction Organization of the self-propelled anti-tank battalions In combat In North Africa In Russia Production
9th August 1942 Germans reach the first of the Russian oilfields German tanks, Tank destroyer
The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. [2] The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II (abbreviated PzKpfw II). [2]
German Tank Destroyer Marder III World War Photos
The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. Only four exist today. Contents 1 History 2 Production 3 Combat history 4 Gallery 5 References 6 External links History
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The Marder II is a German tier 3 tank destroyer. Light tank destroyer developed in early 1942 based on the chassis of the outdated, but massively produced, Pz.Kpfw. II, and fitted with a powerful gun.. The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. History. During the very first days of Operation.
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German Tank Destroyer Marder III Ausf M World War Photos
The Marder I "Marten" ( Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/ armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than three hundred after the Fall of France in 1940.
[Photo] Marder II tank destroyers at Kharkov, Ukraine, early 1943 World War II Database
The Marder III is the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers built on the chassis of the Panzer 38(t). The German word Marder means "marten" in English. They were in production from 1942 to 1944 and served on all fronts until the end of the war. Even in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht already felt the need for a more mobile and more powerful anti-tank.
Marder II of the 3rd Panzer Division Wehrmacht World War Photos
The first series of Marder vehicles was based on captured French armored vehicles. The second series of the Marder II would be produced using the Panzer II tank chassis. The first steps in the Marder II development were undertaken by the Minister of Armament, Albert Speer.
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In May 1943, the name was changed to 7.5 cm PaK 40/1 auf Sfl.Lorraine-Schlepper. In August 1943, it was again changed to Pz.Jaeg. LrS fuer 7.5 cm PaK 40/1 (Sd.Kfz.135). It received the Marder I name, by which it is best known today, due to Adolf Hitler's personal suggestion made at the end of November 1943.
WWII German Marder III Tank Destroyer Photographed by John Norris WW II Tank destroyer, Ww2
The Schützpanzerwagen Marder was the first modern IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) of the Bundeswehr. West Germany in fact had some advance already in that type, having pioneered the Schützpanzerwagen "Lang" and "Kurz" from 1958 to provide the panzergrenadiers with a fitting replacement for the WW2 SdKfz 250 and 251.
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The Marder II ("marten" in English) was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. [1] There were two versions, the first mounted a modified Soviet 7.62 cm gun firing German ammunition, while the other mounted the German 7.5 cm Pak 40 gun. [2]
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Even before the Second World War, the famous German tank commander Heinz Guderian had predicted the need for highly mobile self-propelled anti-tank vehicles, later known as Panzerjäger or Jagdpanzer (tank destroyer or hunter). However, in the early years of the war, beside the 4.7 cm PaK (t) (Sfl) auf Pz.Kpfw.
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Marder III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers. They mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40, in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis of the Czechoslovakian Panzer 38 (t).
21.Luftwaffe Field Div. russia, spring 1944 (pic.1) Marder, Panzerwagen, Panzerkampfwagen
A German Marder self-propelled anti-tank gun churns across the Russian steppe as SS soldiers occupy a defensive position recently held by Red Army troops. The principal weapon with which the Germans countered enemy tanks in the opening days of the war was the 37mm Pak gun that was towed by truck or by a team of horses.