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Panther tanks
A community portal about Panther tanks with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Panther was a tank of Germany in World War II that served from mid- 1943 to end of the war in Europe in 1945. It was intended as a... [more]
A community portal about Panther tanks with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: The Panther was a tank of Germany in World War II that served from mid- 1943 to end of the war in Europe in 1945. It was intended as a counter to the T-34, and to replace the Panzer IV and III, though it served along with them and the heavier Tiger I and Tiger II tanks until the end of the war. The Panther's excellent combination of firepower, mobility and protection served as a benchmark for other nations' late war and immediate post-war tank designs and it is frequently regarded as the best tank design of World War II.
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[[File:PantheraScheme.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Armor layout]]
Initial production Panthers had a face-hardened glacis plate (the main front hull armor piece), but as armor-piercing capped rounds became the standard in all armies (thus defeating the benefits of...
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