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Brief descriptions of the most important tanks and tank destroyers of the Second World War - the machines that changed the history.

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Tiger I is a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. It was designed in an effort to counter the unexpectedly impressive Soviet armor encountered in the initial months of the ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Tiger II, also known as the King Tiger, is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The tank had a thick sloped armor, which was the result of combining certain features from its predecessor, ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Panther is a medium tank deployed by Nazi Germany in World War II from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. It was intended as a replacement for the obsolete Panzer III and Panzer IV ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Marder is the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers built on the chassis of the Panzer 38(t). The German word Marder means "marten" in English. They were in production from 1942 to ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Jagdpanzer 38(t), later known as Hetzer, was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War. It was intended as a replacement for the weak-armored tank destroyers Marder and Nashorn. It ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Panzer III was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany and was used extensively in World War II. It was intended to fight other armored fighting vehicles and serve alongside the ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Panzerkampfwagen IV, commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Designed as an ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

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