Panzer II
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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
Wespe
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The Sd.Kfz. 124 Wespe, also known as Leichte Feldhaubitze 18/2 auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen II, is a German self-propelled gun developed and used during the Second World War. It was based on a mod
Panzer II
…1944, but its chassis remained in use as the basis of several other armoured vehicles, chiefly self-propelled artillery and tank destroyers such as the Wespe and Marder II respectively. In 1934, delays in the design and production of the Panzer III and Panzer IV medium tanks were becoming apparent. The Panzer…
Wespe at the Deutsches Panzermuseum in Munster, Germany
A battery of Wespe self-propelled howitzers supporting German forces during the Battle of Kursk
Wespe howitzers move through a town in Romania, March - April 1944
A Wespe destroyed in Normandy, 1944.