Panther

The sloped glacis every postwar MBT copied.

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Specifications

Crew: 5
Combat weight: 44.8 t
Engine: 700 hp
hp / tonne: 15.6
Road speed: 46 km/h
Range: 250 km
Main gun: 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70
In service: 1943–1945

Maybach HL230, 700 hp

Armor: 80 mm glacis at 55° — the textbook sloped plate

Secondary: 2× MG34

Briefing scores

Relative 1–10 for teaching, not a wargame rating.

Firepower: 8/10
Protection: 7/10
Mobility: 5/10
Awareness: 6/10
Logistics: 3/10

Ammunition natures

PzGr. 39/42PzGr. 40/42Sprgr.

History

Debut at Kursk was a mechanical disaster. Later Ausf. G tanks were lethal at range — the L/70 out-penetrated the Tiger’s 88 at typical combat distances. Roughly 6,000 built, still too few and too late.

Doctrine

Germany’s attempt at a universal tank after meeting the T-34. Panzer divisions were supposed to rebuild around it. Final-drive failures and fuel shortages meant many sat instead of maneuvering.

Strengths

Best gun/armor balance of 1944
Excellent sights

Limits

Final drives
Side armor vs 76 mm
Fuel

Related hulls

Tiger I

Germany

T-34-85

Soviet Union

M4 Sherman

United States

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