The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles.

2024年11月2日 · The introduction of the Panzer IV Ausf.G, equipped with the longer 7.5 cm gun, significantly changed the role of the Panzer IV within the German Wehrmacht. The 7.5 cm L/43 gun was highly effective against most tanks on the battlefield in 1942, leading to a demand for more heavily armed Panzer IVs.

2022年1月1日 · The introduction of the Panzer IV Ausf.G changed the Panzer IV’s overall combat role with a huge increase in firepower against armored targets.

The Panzer IV was thought of by Heinz Guderian in 1936 as a completement to the Panzer III used as mail battle tanks, to support the infantry and make breakthroughs with its 75 short barrel gun.

2005年3月25日 · IV (along with the Pz. V, described below) formed the backbone of Germany’s panzer divisions from 1943 to the war’s end. The tank had the same engine and general appearance as the Pz. III, but the Pz. IV had a larger turret and gun, thicker frontal armour, and better cross-country mobility.

2022年6月4日 · Panzer IV Ausf.H of the 35th Panzer Regiment of the IVth Panzerdivision, Kowel, Poland, early 1944. The 35th Regiment inflicted heavy losses on the Soviet 3rd Tank Corps at …

Though originally intended as an infantry-support tank, the Pz. IV (along with the Pz. V, described below) formed the backbone of Germany’s panzer divisions from 1943 to the war’s end. The tank had the same engine and general appearance as the Pz. III,…

2010年12月6日 · The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV) was developed in the mid-1930s to fulfil German Army plans for the fourth "heavy" company in the Panzer Divisions then being secretly formed by the Nazis.

Improved Jagdpanzer IV mounting a 7.5cm PaK42 L/70. 930 were produced by Vomag from August 1944 to March 1945. A self-propelled gun intended to attack heavily fortified bunkers. The mission was changed to tank-destroyer to take on allied super-heavy tanks, but only. two were produced by Krupp-Gruson before the concept was abandoned.

Panzer IV, developed by Krupp and produced from 1937 until the end of the war, was the most-built German tank with 8500 copies. The tank, originally equipped with a short gun, was originally designed as a support vehicle, but its range of operations changed fundamentally with the installation of a long gun.