![]() ![]() And after encountering the T-34, the Germans produced some superb tanks, especially the Panthers, but were unable to mass produce them. The German 88-mm gun was developed as an anti-aircraft artillery, but proved to be one of the finest anti-tank weapons of the War. They also worked out the importance of anti-tank guns in tank battles and had a highly effective available gun from a very early point of the War. Organizing armored divisions and concentrating them at the decisive point and time of the battle along with close air support. The key to the German victory was that they worked out the most effective tactics-Blitzkrieg. In fact they only had comparable numbers of tanks with the British and French because they added the Czech tanks to their Panzer corps. The Germans won the battle in West not because they had substantial technical or numerical superiority. There was a fifth crew member who cannot be seen here, the driver. We think they are the Hitler Youth boys of the 12th-SS Oanzer Division deployed in Normandy. Note the age of the tankers on this Panther, including the commander, probably in 1944. It failed, however, to bring Manstein his victory over Zukov at Kursk and turn the tide on the Eastern Front (July 1943). The Panther is generally considered to be the finest tank of the War. Figure 1.-Hitler delayed the Battle of Kursk several months so that the superb new Mark V could reach the German forces massing for their third summer offensive in the East. ![]()
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