The Panther Tank
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The Panther Tank
Hitler’s T-34 Killer
Author:Anthony Tucker-Jones
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:7.5" x 9.75"
Pages:120
Photos:150 illustrations & color plates
Publisher:Pen and Sword Military
ISBN:9781473833609
Item No. 9781473833609
Along with the Tiger, Sherman and T-34, the Panther ranks as one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this comprehensive new study of a remarkable fighting vehicle, uses over 100 archive photographs, along with a selection of color profiles, to describe its design, development and operational record. On the Eastern Front the German army needed to counter the Red Army’s robust and utilitarian T-34 which began to appear in every-growing and eventually decisive numbers. The Panther, the German response, was rapidly conceived and produced under extraordinarily difficult wartime conditions. With its sloping armor and a high-velocity 75mm gun, it proved to be a better medium tank than its predecessor the Mk IV, it was more versatile than the heavyweight Tiger and it was superior to most of the Allied tanks it faced. It also had an important influence on subsequent tank design.Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history gives a fascinating insight into its wartime career.