PzKfW Mk.IV Panzer

The Panzer Mk. IV was a devastating force throughout World War II for the German Army. Armed with a 75-mm main gun, the Panzer provided the Germans with a powerful and mobile weapon. If the Panzer Mk. IV had one drawback it was its lack of speed for a light tank. Between 1940 and 1945, Germany produced over 8,000 of these tanks.

Panzer IV
The Panzerkampfwagon Mark IV appears in the US Training missions, St Jean-de-Daye, Le Dezert, Argentan, Krasnoe Sero, German Training 1, Olchovatka and Hill 112 missions. It was originally designed by Krupp as an infantry support tank to compliment the Panzer III and was consequently armed with a low velocity 75mm gun. The Russian T34 proved impervious to 37mm gun of the Panzer III and the short 75mm weapon of the Panzer IV. The large turret ring of the Panzer IV allowed a longer, high velocity 75mm gun to be carried without redisigning the entire tank. Indeed the 75mm gun of 48 calibre lengths was used with great effect by the Mark IV until the end of the war.

The design was very similar to that of the Mark III. The most obvious way of recognising the difference is that the Panzer III had six bogies and three return rollers per side while the Panzer IV had eight bogies and four return rollers. The engine was a Maybach petrol engine of 250 to 300hp, depending upon variant. Road speed was also dependant on variant and was from 32 to 40kph.

With the upgunning to the long 75mm weapon the Panzer IV became the workhorse of the Panzerkorps. Late models carried armoured skirts around the turret and along the hull sides to provide extra protection, especially from hollow charge weapons. The Panzer IV hull was used as the basis for some Sturmgeshutz as well as the Nashorne and Hummel support vehicles and the first of the true Jagdpanzers, the Jagdpanzer IV.

Weight 25tons Crew

PzKfW Mk.VI Tiger

The German Tiger tank was heavily armored and packed a powerful punch. Initially designed in response to the success of the Russian T-34, the first Tiger tanks to come off the production lines were not very reliable. However, over time German engineers fine-tuned these battle machines, and the Tiger tank would become one of the most feared tanks in WWII.

The Model Stats are as follws.

Weight:  57 tons (combat weight)