The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in and before World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II.
PzKpfw II Ausf. F at the Musée des Blindés
An uparmored Panzer II on the Western front with a Panzer I in the background, May 1940
A Panzer II during Operation Barbarossa in 1941 moves along a road outside a village.
PzKpfw II Ausf. F at the Musée des Blindés
The Panzerkampfwagen III, commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was
Panzer II
…war. It was used both in North Africa against the Western Allies and on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union. The Panzer II was supplanted by the Panzer III and IV medium tanks by 1940/1941. By the end of 1942, it had been largely removed from front line service and it was used for training and on secondary…
Panzer III Ausf. F at Musée des Blindés, France
General Hermann Balck (standing left in the cupola) in a Panzerbefehlswagen III Ausf. H command tank in Greece in April 1941. This vehicle is fitted with a dummy 37mm main gun and a dummy MG 34 co-axial machine gun but has an actual ball-mounted MG 34 machine gun on the right side of the turret's mantlet.
Breech of the 5 cm KwK 38 L/42 of an Ausf. F
Service inspection of a Panzer III Ausf. H in the field; the vehicle is lifted with the standard tank jack carried on-board and the tracks are being removed.