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The chassis of the obsolete tanks was converted for carrying ammunition or an anti-tank gun, but these also became obsolete and were phased out.Ī light tank (10 tons) with a crew of three, developed in the mid 1930s as an interim until the arrival of the Panzer III and Panzer IV medium tanks. The others remained in Germany and Poland.īy the end of 1941 they were no longer used in front line service, except a command tank version, which contained a small map table and extra radio equipment for use by Panzer unit commanders. In the Blitzkrieg invasion of France in 1940 only 500 of them participated. They participated in the Blitzkrieg invasion of Poland in 1939, although it was known that they are not suitable for front line fighting because of their lack of firepower and very thin armor. When World War 2 started the German army had nearly 1500 Panzer I tanks. Over 800 tanks were produced in 1935, and the tank was used by the German forces which participated in the Spanish civil war. In short they were called "Panzer" (armor).Ī very small light tank (6 tons) with a crew of two, driver and commander, armed with two light 0.3" machine guns (with 1500 rounds), which was produced in the mid 1930s as a training tank. Under Guderian's leadership, Germany built a powerful "Panzer" (armor) force that was, together with strong air support tactics, the basis for its overwhelming Blitzkrieg (lightning war) tactic.īetween 19, the German industry developed and produced a series of tank types which were called "Panzerkampfwagen" which means "Armored Fighting Vehicle". Initially he was blocked by conservatism, but in 1933,when Adolf Hitler saw his demonstration of mobile tank warfare, he understood the potential of the tanks and Guderian's ideas were given high priority. In the years after World War I, Heinz Guderian, a German officer who was interested in tanks and read British literature about them, developed and presented new ideas about using tanks for mobile warfare. German Tanks In World War 2, Panzer Panzers, the German tanks which stormed all of Europe in World War 2
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