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Bookmark or Share- The Rise of the Panzer Division - The National WWII MuseumThe new gang had a name: the Panzer division. A mechanized formation formed around a hard core of swiftly moving tanks, surrounded by vehicles of all sorts to perform the reconnaissance, carry the infantry and drag the guns, the Panzer division brought the concept of sustained mobility to modern warfare.
- Panzer II Ausf.A-F and Ausf.L - Tank EncyclopediaPanzer II general features. Basically, the accepted design was an enlarged Panzer I with a turret bearing the new Rheinmetall KwK30 L55 20 mm (0.79 in) quick firing gun. The armament was derived from the 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft gun, capable of a firing rate of 600 rpm.
- Tanks in the German Army - WikipediaThis article deals with the tanks (German: Panzer) serving in the German Army (Deutsches Heer) throughout history, such as the World War I tanks of the Imperial German Army, the interwar and World War II tanks of the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Cold War tanks of the West German and East German Armies, all the way to the present day tanks of the ...
- Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf.A (Sd.Kfz.101) - Tank EncyclopediaGerman Reich (1934-1936)Light Tank – 1,190 Built. Even though it was not the first tank of the German Army, the Panzer I Ausf.A was the first German tank to enter serial production and the first German tank to see combat in large numbers. It is one of the most nondescript but also one of the most important German tanks, with over 1,190 built ...
- German Reich - Tank EncyclopediaPanzer I being tested with a 3.7 cm anti-tank gun. Source: Unknown Panzer II. Given the obvious shortcoming of the previous Panzer Is, in May 1936, the Germans started to slowly introduce a new improved Panzer II (initially known as the 2 cm MG Panzerwagen) into production.
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