Panther Ausf G tanks of 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg winter camo Alsace December 1944
Panther Ausf D 1944 Eastern Front
German Panther Ausf D on road
Panther Ausf A with zimmerit
Panther Ausf A right side
Stavelot 1945 Panther and PaK 40
Panther Ausf D 1944 and crew member
Panther Ausf A Eastern Front 1944
Destroyed Panther Ausf. A number 112 of the Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Division 2 Hermann Göring. East Prussia February 1945
Panther Cologne March 1945 Duel at the Cathedral
Panther Ausf D tank number 914 1943
Panther during the Russian “Rasputitsa” muddy season
Panther tank Ostpreussen 1944
Destroyed Panther Northern Luxenburg January 22 25 1945
Panzer Panther Ausf G number 402 Eifel 1945
Panther tank upside down France 29 July 1944
Panther tank rail transport 2
US Soldier and KO Panther Ausf G Tank in La Gleize Belgium 1945
destroyed Panther Ausf D tanks Kursk July 1943
Captured German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf G Somewhere In France 16 August 1944
KO Panther Ausf D 52nd Panzer Battalion and Sd.Kfz 263 Battle of Kursk 1943
Aschaffenburg Germany Panther Tank and Submarine Plant
Oberst Langkeit Panzer V “01” of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland Romania 1944
Panther Ausf D Medium Tank
Panther Ausf G of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Panther Ausf G Medium Tank
Panzer V Panther Ausf D Medium Tank
Panther Ausf A of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking Bahntransport Summer 1944
German tank Panther Ausf D
column of Panther Ausf A tanks from Grossdeutchland division Romania
Panzer III Panzer IV And In The Background Panther tank 1945
POWs and knocked out German Panther Ausf G Sinz 94th Inf 3rd Army
Tank Treads And Panther Tank Turrets 1945
Panther Houffalize Belgium
Pantherturm by ARNO RIVER Italy
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther with Zimmerit
Destroyed Panther tank somewhere in germany at the end of the war
Abandoned Panther Ausf G Ardennes
Panther Tanks Part Of A Column Smashed In A Vally South Of Stavelot
Panther Ausf G number 332 Eastern Front September 1944
Panzer V Panther Ausf G of Fallschirm Panzerkorps Hermann Goring
Panther Ausf D number 131 on flat car
Panther Lair At Hanover Germany Complete Turret Assemblies color
Tank Panther Ausf A of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Poland 1944
Panzer V Panther Ausf G number 415 1944
Panzer V Panther Ausf D 2
Abandoned Panther Ausf G tank from 19th Panzer Division Poznan 1945
Befehlspanzer V Panther Ausf A 1944
Panzer V Panther Sd.Kfz 171 in Belgium 1944
Panther Ausf A of the Panzer Regiment 4, Rome 1943
Panther Ausf D number 312 of the 51st Panzer Battalion
Italy 1944 Panzer V Panther with zimmerit
Panther Ausf G and Panzer IV 611, Hotton Belgium 26 December 1944
Panther and crew 1944 Hungary
Panther Ausf A with Zimmeritt of Waffen SS 1944
German Column 6 Panzer V Panther Ausf A tanks along road
Panther Ausf A Outside Cologne Cathedral 1945
Panther Ausf D od Waffen SS 1944
Panther Ausf D number 434 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk 2
Abandoned German Panzer V Panther in Paris
Knocked Out German Panther Tank at Cologne Cathedral 1945
destroyed Panther Ausf D Kharkov August 1943
Panther tank France 1944 2
Panther Ausf G 1944 rail transport
Panther Ausf A France1944
Panzer V Panther Sd.Kfz 171
Panther Ausf G of 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler tank number 221 with steel road wheels Ardenes
Oberst Karl Lorenz and Panzer V Panther Ausf A of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland
Panther Ausf G number 111 and Panzer IV Belgium 1945
destroyed Panther Ausf D number 745 1943
Panther Ausf G Luxembourg February 1945
Panther Ausf A number 109
Panther Ausf D number 634 Kursk
Panzer V Panther with Zimmerit
Panther turrets Aschaffenburg Railroad Yards In Germany
Captured tank Panther Ausf G
Abandoned tank Panther Ausf G, Munich 1945
Panther Ausf G number 111
Panzer V Panther number 415
destroyed tank Panther Ausf D
Abandoned Captured German Panther Tank in French Street 1944
Panther Ausf D number 434 51st Panzer Battalion rear view Kursk
Panther Ausf A with zimmerit 1944
US GIs Climbing on Captured German Panther Ausf G Tank
Panther Ausf A 1944 Hungary
Destroyed Panther number 512 Kursk Eastern Front
destroyed Panther Ausf D number 102 of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland 1943
Panther ausf A number 123 winter
Panther tanks Eastern front Winter
Panzer V Panther of Panzer Regiment 2
Panther of 5 Waffen SS Panzer Division Wiking
Panther number 33 1944 45 Germany
Panther Ausf A tank from II/Panzer Regiment 33, 9th Panzer Division, Cologne Germany
Panzer V Panther with Zimmerit Eastern front 1944 45
Panther Ausf. G front view
Panther commander cupola winter camo
Panther ausf D number 732
Panther ausf D tanks 732 and 721
Panther of Panzer Regiment 3
Panther of 5 Waffen SS Panzer Division Wiking Kowel 1944
Panther ausf A of Waffen SS France
Panther ausf D tank Germany july 1943
Panther in France, august 1944
Panther ausf D of the 51st Panzer Battalion, tank number 121 – Eastern front
M8 GMC and Panzer Lehr Division Panther tank, St Gilles France july 1944
Grossdeutschland division Panther tank
Panther tank in France 1944
Panther tank number 421 with zimmerit (special anti-magnetic paste), 1944
Panther tanks are loaded aboard flatcars for transport to the front
Panthers Panzertransport France 1944
Panther tank with zimmerit (special anti-magnetic paste)
Destroyed Panther Ausf A of the Panzer Lehr Division – Normandy July 1944
Panther road wheels France
Panther Ausf D number 434 of the 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk
Panther tank San Giovanni Italy 1944
Panther Ausf A tank of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in Flandres Belgium June 1944
German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Arc de Triomphe Paris 1944
Panther tank in winter camo
Panther Ausf A tank number 511 winter camouflage, 1944
Panthers on Ssyms 50 ton flatcars in the factory railway yard
Panzer V Panther ausf G with IR Sights
Panther Ausf A tank of the 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Argentan France August 1944
Panther tank commander Italy
German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Arc de Triomphe Paris
Panther from I/Panzer-Regiment 4 in Rome, August 1943
Panther Ausf A tank number 412 France
Panther tank near Autrey France 1944
Panther Ausf A ank number 511 with typical winter camouflage scheme
Panzerketten for Panzer V
Pantherturm Italy Heinrich von Vietinghoff
Panther tank with hit marks
PzKpfw V Panther tank, Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
StuG Ausf G and Panther Italy Nettuno
Panther tank number 501 of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
Panther tank knocked out, combat zone Periers Normandy July 1944
Panther Ausf A tank number 102 of the 4th Panzer Regiment and Elefant, Italy February 29, 1944
Panzer V Panther boneyard Aschaffenburg Germany 1945
Panther tank camouflage east front
Panther tank number 432 France 1944
Panzer V Panther ausf A east front
Panther Ausf A tank number 511 winter camouflage 4
German Camouflaged Panther Tank Of 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Paris 1944
Panther Ausführung A tank number 511 winter camouflage
Panther panzersoldaten east front
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Italy
Panther tank number 334 Italy
Panther tank befehlspanzer
Sherman and Panther Mont Ormel 1944
Panthers unternehmen Zitadelle
Panther tank in North France
Panthers Panzertransport France 1944
Sdkfz 9 Famo towing Panther
Panther panzer V ausf D 2
Panther Ausf D number 435 of the 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk
Panther Ostfront Sud Panzersoldat
Panzer V Panther ausf D east front winter
Panther tank number 438 east front
Panther tank number 114 with zimmerit Italy
Panthers Panzertransport France 1944 4
Panthers tanks knocked out in Normandy 1944
Panther ausf G of the 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) France 1944 2
Panther Ausf A tank number 412 France 1944
Panzer V Panther Ausf A tank from II/Panzer Regiment 33, 9th Panzer Division, Cologne Germany
Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
Panther tank Kelberg Germany 1945
The best German medium tank during World War II was the Panzer V Panther. The beginnings of a stunning career were not encouraging. During the baptism of combat at the Battle of Kursk from 204 used Panther ~150 were lost, mostly because of the failure of the drive and motor (50 not even communed to the battlefield). However battles have shown that Panther has high-quality protection armor and weaponry. After eliminating manufacturing defects, Panther has quickly become a danger opponent for the Allied armored forces.
The idea of building a new medium tank Panther came up in 25th November 1941 year. It happened due to fear waking reports that were coming from the east front. On the eastern front the German crew with tanks Panther III and IV encountered tanks KW-1 and T-34, which were exceeding German armored vehicles in terms of armor and weapons. Originally was idea to copy T-34 tank, which was ultimately rejected. Special commission was sent, which got known Soviet tanks. On the basis of the committee’s report requirements for the new tank were defined. Engine tank was to have the power of 650-700hp, armor would be 40 mm and the speed of 55 km/h. The first project was developed by Daimler-Benz (VK 3002). However, it was rejected due to too big similarity to the T-34 . The second project was developed by MAN. For the first time in a German tank was used armor plates welded with an angle of 50 degrees. Chassis was consisted of a large-diameter wheels overlapping on each other. Tank weighing 35t, his maximum speed was 55 km/h and was armed with a 7,5 cm gun KwK 42 L/70. As the drive unit was selected Maybach engine HL 210 P45 witch had 654hp. Serial production was to be carried out in: MAN, DB, Henschel and MNH plants. Series production started in June 1942. It was planned that till May 1943 about 250 tanks will be built. The first mass- produced version was the version ausf. D. Tanks in this version had thickened up to 80 mm armor and a more powerful engine Maybach 230 P30 with 700 hp. Tanks produced in the second half of 1943 were equipped with armored sheet that protected chassis. The tanks also had a new type of commander cupola, equipped with seven periscopes. There was also fixing bracket on the tower for MG34 so-called “Fligerbeschussgerat”, which allowed shoot the airplanes. The second mass- produced version was the ausf A version. The tanks were manufactured since September 1943 till March 1944. Spherical mounting bracket for MG34 was installed (in tanks version D MG was extendible ) and hole to eject shells was cancel. Panther ausf G was most numerous produced version. From March 1944 till January 1945 3740 tanks were produced. Angle of the hull armor plates was increased to 61 degrees and armor thickness was increased to 50 mm. The driver received one rotating periscope instead of two motionless. Part PzKpfw V “Panther” Ausf G tank were equipped with wheels entirely made from steel. Shape of the mantlet was modified to prevent turret jamming as a result of enemy fire.
Total production: ~6000 tanks. Gun: 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70. Max armor: 120 mm.