Panther tank
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The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945.
Panther Ausf. D tanks, 1943. The D model can best be recognized by the drum-shaped cupola or the "Letterbox" hull machine gun slot.
Albert Speer examines a T-34 Model 1940 in June 1943
Panther tank production line
The crew of a Panther pose for photograph
Tiger I
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The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions. It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun. 1,347 were built between August 1942 and August 1944. After August 1944, production of the Tiger I was phased out in favour of the Tiger II.
Tiger I in northern France, March 1944
Model reconstruction of VK 4501 (P) Porsche prototype
Early Tiger with tall cupola
The Tiger I's armour was up to 200 mm on the gun mantlet.