The Marder II was a German tank destroyer of World War II based on the Panzer II chassis. There were two versions, the first mounted a modified Soviet 7.62 cm gun firing German ammunition, while the o
This Marder II (Sd.Kfz. 131) was nicknamed "Kohlenklau [de]" (Coal thief), after a propaganda caricature which was very popular in Germany from 1942 onward.
A Waffen-SS Marder II and its crew somewhere in Southern Russia during the Wehrmacht's raid into the Caucasus. The vehicle depicted is the Sd.Kfz. 132 variant, also known as a 'LaS76', based on the early Panzer II Ausf. D/E chassis mounting a captured Soviet 76 mm gun.
The Marder II "coal thief", recognizable by the cartoon painted on both sides, on the Eastern Front in 1943. The ring markings on the barrel of the gun indicate 19 claimed kills for the vehicle.
Marder III was the name for a series of German tank destroyers of the Second World War. The series mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, or the German 7.5
Marder II
…German 7.5 cm Pak 40 gun. Its high profile and thin open-topped armor provided minimal protection to the crew. Nevertheless, the Marder II (and similar Marder III) provided a great increase in firepower over contemporary German tanks during 1942 and into 1943. Only four Marder IIs remain today. During the first…
Marder III with 7.62 cm Pak 36(r) in North Africa
Marder III Ausf. H on the Eastern Front
A Marder III Ausf. M on the Italian front, December 1944.