Description: PANZER IV PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV MEDIUM TANK WW2 GERMAN Sd.Kfz 161 VARIANTS FRANCE PANZER IV PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV MEDIUM TANK WW2 GERMAN Sd.Kfz 161 VARIANTS FRANCE NORTH AFRICA EASTERN FRONT NORMANDY NORTH-WEST EUROPE ITALY SOFTBOUND BOOK in ENGLISH (1986) WW2 GERMAN Pz.Kpfw IV PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV MEDIUM TANK 1939-1945. INTRODUCTION (HITLER JUGEND DIVISION SUMMER 1944 NORMANDY FRANCE) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF A SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (75mm KwK L/24 GUN, 7.92mm MG34 MACHINE GUN) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF B SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (300hp MAYBACH HL 120 TR, FUEL DOOR DETAIL, WHEEL HUB DETAIL, EXHAUST DETAILS) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF C SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (BLITZKRIEG 1940) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF D SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (GREECE, BATTLE OF FRANCE 1940, NORTH AFRICA AFRIKA KORPS DAK ROMMEL, BARBAROSSA EASTERN FRONT INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION 1941) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF E SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (FENDER REFLECTOR DETAIL, TAIL LIGHT DETAIL, BALKANS) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF F1 SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (MG34 BALL MOUNT KUGELBLENDE 50, TURRET DETAIL TURRET DOOR DETAILS, FLAT SPROCKET, DISHED SPROCKET, IDLER WHEEL) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF F2 SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161 (LONG BARREL HIGH VELOCITY 75mm Kwk40 L/43 GUN) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF G SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161/1 Sd.Kfz 161/2 (SICILY, ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, GREECE, RUSSIA) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF H SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161/2 (HULL & TURRET SCHURZEN, ARMORED SKIRT, ZIMMERIT, RUSSIA, SS-PANZER KORPS, ITALY, CAST IDLER WHEEL, RUBBER RETURN ROLLER, STELL RETURN ROLLER, ARNHEM, OSTKETTEN TRACK DETAIL, REAR PLATE AND EXHAUST, FRONT FENDER AND MUDFLAP, TURRET POWER TRAVERSE MUFFLER VARIATION) PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV AUSF J SONDERKRAFTFAHRZEUG Sd.Kfz 161/2 (D-DY NORMANDY BREAKOUT, CUPOLA AND SWIVEL HATCH DETAIL, VERTICAL EXHAUST DETAIL) STURNGESCHUTZ 43 LEICHTER PANZERJAGER JAGDPANZER PANZERJAGER STURMPANZERWAGEN STURMPANZEER FLAKVIERLING FLAKPANZER MOBELWAGEN OSTWIND WIRBELWIND KUGELBLITZ 8.8cm Pak 43/1 L/71 NASHORN HORNISSE PANZERFAHRE AMPHIBIOUS TANK ARMOURED TRAINS GESCHUTZWAGEN MUNITIONSTRAGER HUMMEL WAFFENTRAGER BRUCKENLEGEPANZER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information from Internet Encyclopedia THE PANZERKAMPFWAGEN IV (PZ.KPFW. IV) COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE PANZER IV WAS A MEDIUM TANK DEVELOPED IN NAZI GERMANY IN THE LATE 1930S AND USED EXTENSIVELY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. ITS ORDNANCE INVENTORY DESIGNATION WAS SD.KFZ. 161. DESIGNED AS AN INFANTRY-SUPPORT TANK, THE PANZER IV WAS NOT ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO ENGAGE ENEMY ARMOR�THAT FUNCTION WAS PERFORMED BY THE LIGHTER PANZER III. HOWEVER, WITH THE FLAWS OF PRE-WAR DOCTRINE BECOMING APPARENT AND IN THE FACE OF SOVIET T-34 TANKS, THE PANZER IV SOON ASSUMED THE TANK-FIGHTING ROLE OF ITS INCREASINGLY OBSOLETE COUSIN. THE MOST WIDELY MANUFACTURED AND DEPLOYED GERMAN TANK OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE PANZER IV WAS USED AS THE BASE FOR MANY OTHER FIGHTING VEHICLES, INCLUDING THE STURMGESCH�TZ IV ASSAULT GUN, JAGDPANZER IV TANK DESTROYER, THE WIRBELWIND SELF-PROPELLED ANTI-AIRCRAFT WEAPON, AND THE BRUMMB�R SELF-PROPELLED GUN. ROBUST AND RELIABLE, IT SAW SERVICE IN ALL COMBAT THEATERS INVOLVING GERMANY AND HAS THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE ONLY GERMAN TANK TO REMAIN IN CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION THROUGHOUT THE WAR, WITH OVER 8,800 PRODUCED BETWEEN 1936 AND 1945. UPGRADES AND DESIGN MODIFICATIONS, OFTEN MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE APPEARANCE OF NEW ALLIED TANKS, EXTENDED ITS SERVICE LIFE. GENERALLY THESE INVOLVED INCREASING THE PANZER IV'S ARMOR PROTECTION OR UPGRADING ITS WEAPONS, ALTHOUGH DURING THE LAST MONTHS OF THE WAR WITH GERMANY'S PRESSING NEED FOR RAPID REPLACEMENT OF LOSSES, DESIGN CHANGES ALSO INCLUDED RETROGRADE MEASURES TO SIMPLIFY AND SPEED MANUFACTURE. THE PANZER IV WAS THE MOST WIDELY EXPORTED TANK IN GERMAN SERVICE, WITH AROUND 300 SOLD TO PARTNERS SUCH AS FINLAND, ROMANIA, SPAIN AND BULGARIA. AFTER THE WAR, SEEKING TO IMPROVE ITS ARMOURED FORCES, SYRIA PROCURED A NUMBER OF PZKPFW IV FROM FRANCE AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA, WHICH WERE TO SEE COMBAT IN THE 1967 SIX-DAY WAR. THE FIRST MASS-PRODUCED VERSION OF THE PANZER IV WAS THE AUSF�HRUNG A (ABBREVIATED TO AUSF. A, MEANING "VARIANT A"), IN 1936. IT WAS POWERED BY MAYBACH'S HL 108TR, PRODUCING 250 PS (183.87 KW), AND USED THE SGR 75 TRANSMISSION WITH FIVE FORWARD GEARS AND ONE REVERSE, ACHIEVING A MAXIMUM ROAD SPEED OF 31 KILOMETRES PER HOUR (19.26 MPH). AS MAIN ARMAMENT, THE VEHICLE MOUNTED THE KAMPFWAGENKANONE 37 L/24 (KWK 37 L/24) 75 MM (2.95 IN) TANK GUN, WHICH WAS A LOW-VELOCITY GUN DESIGNED TO MAINLY FIRE HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELLS. THE AUSF. F TANKS THAT RECEIVED THE NEW, LONGER, KWK 40 L/43 GUN WERE NAMED AUSF. F2 (WITH THE DESIGNATION SD.KFZ. 161/1). THE TANK INCREASED IN WEIGHT TO 23.6 TONNES (26.0 SHORT TONS). ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE AUSF. F2S WERE PRODUCED FROM MARCH 1942 TO JULY 1942. THREE MONTHS AFTER BEGINNING PRODUCTION, THE PANZER IV AUSF. F2 WAS RENAMED AUSF. G. THE NEXT VERSION, THE AUSF. H, BEGAN PRODUCTION IN APRIL 1943 AND RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION SD. KFZ. 161/2. THIS VARIANT SAW THE INTEGRITY OF THE GLACIS ARMOR IMPROVED BY MANUFACTURING IT AS A SINGLE 80-MILLIMETRE (3.15 IN) PLATE. TO PREVENT ADHESION OF MAGNETIC ANTI-TANK MINES, WHICH THE GERMANS FEARED WOULD BE USED IN LARGE NUMBERS BY THE ALLIES, ZIMMERIT PASTE WAS ADDED TO ALL THE VERTICAL SURFACES OF THE TANK'S ARMOR. ANOTHER VARIANT OF THE PANZER IV WAS THE PANZERBEFEHLSWAGEN IV (PZ.BEF.WG. IV) COMMAND TANK. THIS CONVERSION ENTAILED THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL RADIO SETS, MOUNTING RACKS, TRANSFORMERS, JUNCTION BOXES, WIRING, ANTENNAS AND AN AUXILIARY ELECTRICAL GENERATOR. TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEW EQUIPMENT, AMMUNITION STOWAGE WAS REDUCED FROM 87 TO 72 ROUNDS. THE VEHICLE COULD COORDINATE WITH NEARBY ARMOR, INFANTRY OR EVEN AIRCRAFT. SEVENTEEN PANZERBEFEHLSWAGEN WERE CONVERTED FROM AUSF. J CHASSIS, WHILE ANOTHER 88 WERE BASED ON REFURBISHED CHASSIS. THE PANZERBEOBACHTUNGSWAGEN IV (PZ.BEOB.WG. IV) WAS AN ARTILLERY OBSERVATION VEHICLE BUILT ON THE PANZER IV CHASSIS. THIS, TOO, RECEIVED NEW RADIO EQUIPMENT AND AN ELECTRICAL GENERATOR, INSTALLED IN THE LEFT REAR CORNER OF THE FIGHTING COMPARTMENT. PANZERBEOBACHTUNGSWAGENS WORKED IN COOPERATION WITH WESPE AND HUMMEL SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY BATTERIES. FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.Make your listings stand out with FREE Vendio custom templates! FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today!
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Book Title: Panzerkampfwagen IV in War
Language: Japanese with English photo captions
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