World War 2 In Review: 09/18/25

SdKfz 233 with 7.5 cm StuK 37, North Africa.

SdKfz 263 (6 Rad).

SdKfz 263 (8 Rad).

SdKfz 234 with infrared device.

SdKfz 234/1.

SdKfz 234/2 Puma armored car, “1111”, 1st troop, 11th company (the unusual number being the result of panzergrenadier or SS divisions having additional heavy companies with “10” and “11” company numbers).

SdKfz 234/2.

SdKfz 234/3.

SdKfz 234/4 with 7.5 cm Pak 40.

StuG III assault gun.

Captured British soldiers guarded by captured Marmon-Herrington Mk II (foreground) and Mk III (background) armored cars. The MK II armored car is armed with a 25 mm French anti-tank gun.

Soviet soldiers with Maus prototype, 1945. This prototype was blown up by the Germans in an attempt to prevent its usefulness to the Soviets.

PzKpfw 38(t).

PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf E/F.

PzKpfw 38(t).

PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf E/F.

PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf E/F command tank.

PzKpfw 38(t).

PzKpfw 38(t) SdKfz 140.

PzKpfw 38(t) Ausf E/F.

Captured T-34/76 Ausf E (Model 1943) of Panzer Grenadier Division “Grossdeutschland.”

This captured T-34/76 was painted in panzer gray and marked with large Balkenkreuz. The German flag was painted on the turret hatch for proper identification by the Luftwaffe.

PzKpfw T-34 747(r), 7th Panzer Regiment, 10th Panzer Division.

Captured T-34 in service with “Das Reich.”

Captured Soviet T-34 medium tank in use by the Germans.

Begleitwagen II (Krupp).

Crusader Mk II in Afrika Korps service.

Tanks and troops of the German Army advance during the invasion of Yugoslavia. Among these German armored vehicles are three Hotchkiss tanks apparently captured during the invasion of France.

Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug Ausf. B (Krupp).

One of the first fifty Tiger II Ausf B ‘Königstiger’ (known to the Allies as the Royal Tiger) tanks with Porsche turret, knocked out in Normandy.

Tiger II (“King Tiger” or “Royal Tiger”) in France.

Tiger II Ausf B destroyed during the fighting following the Normandy landing. Note the round front of the Porsche turret and the way this turret sits very far back on the chassis.

PzKpfw VI Tiger II flipped onto its top.

Tiger II, Aberdeen Proving Ground, early 1970s.

Versuchskraftfahrzeug 30.01 (H).

VK 30.01 (H).

VK 45.01 (P) “Tiger.”

Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger I.

Tiger I leaving the factory.

PzKpfw VI Ausf B Tiger II (Königstiger) (SdKfz 182) Henschel heavy tank.

PzKpfw VI Ausf B Tiger II early production with Porsche turret.

PzKpfw VI Tiger II.

German dummy tank being used during training. They were viewed without enthusiasm by the conservative section of the German Army.

German dummy tanks, Army maneuvers, 1927.

Panther modified to resemble U.S. “M10 Gun Motor Carriage.”

PzKpfw. 38 TNH.

PzKpfw. 38(t).

Tiger Is.

PzKpfw IV Ausf F1, Panzer Regiment 24, Panzer Division 24, Russian Steppes, Summer 1942.

Tiger I.

PzKpfw VI Tiger II.

PzKpfw IV Ausf H.

PzKpfw I.

Bruckenleger IVc with bridging equipment by Krupp.

Infanterie-Sturmsteg auf Fahrgestell PzKpfw IV Ausf C.

Bruckenleger II. Bridge layer based upon Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf F chassis. Requested by the Waffeamt in early 1939. Four manufactured by Krupp and MAN. The bridge could be extended up to 12 meters and could withstand 8 tons. Three Bruckenleger II were used in the invasion of Poland.

Brückenleger IVa auf Fahrgestell B.W. II (Krupp).

Brückenleger auf Fgst. PzKpfw II Ausf b.

Brückenleger IVb auf Fahrgestell Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. D (Krupp/Magirus).

Schwimmwagens.

PzKpfw 38(t) undergoing trials with pontoons for amphibious operations.

Panzerkampfwagen II Ausf. A/B/C Schwimmpanzer II (Sd.Kfz. 121) Nr.104

Mountain divisions had a proportion of motor trucks, plus lightweight vehicles like the VW Kübelwagen, the NSU Kettenrad tractor and motorcycles, but all these were mostly restricted to lowland use. The main form of transport was provided by horse-drawn wagons and mules or pack horses. The standard general service wagon carried stores and the infantry battalions had the MG Doppelwagen 36, a steel, rubber-tired, articulated cart as shown above. This one carries the MG34s of a support platoon rigged to give anti-aircraft fire if required on the march.

PzKpfw IV.

A captured German SdKfz 9 18 ton half track is used to pull a damaged British Crusader tank in North Africa, March 9, 1942.

Panzer I. Leichte Selbstfahrkanone (L.S.K.), 1930. The future of the Kleinetraktor can be seen in its outline.

Panzer I. Modernized L.S.K. with a new suspension.

Panzer I. VAE 393 tractor, purchased in the fall of 1931. Trials of this vehicle confirmed once again that the layout of this British vehicle was the most optimal for the next generation of German tanks.

Panzer I. Kleinetraktor after a redesign. Despite the British layout, one can still detect an influence of the leichte Selbstfahrkanone.

Panzer I. Kleinetraktor on trials.

Panzer I. A Kleinetraktor from the pilot batch.

Panzer I. An early production Landwirtschaftliche Schlepper. Most vehicles from this batch were never armed and were used for training purposes.

Panzer I. 20 1.Serie/La.S received Krupp turrets and turret platforms, but not for long.

Panzer I. Daimler-Benz turret and turret platform, accepted into production.

Panzer I. 2.Serie/La.S. on parade. The tanks carry a three-color camouflage used by the Panzerwaffe from 1935 to 1938.

Panzer I. 3.Serie/La.S. tank. The tank has minimal differences compared to its predecessor.

Panzer I. 4.Serie/La.S. from the 3rd Tank Regiment on exercises.

Panzer I. Modernized PzKpfw I Ausf. A with a smoke grenade launcher.

Panzer I. Leichte (Funk) Panzerwagen from the 3rd Tank Regiment.

Schwerer kleiner Panzerkampfwagen with the 105mm PAW cannon.

Fragment of a Sturmgeschütz auf Pz.IV blueprint dated January 17, 1944. 540 mm wide tracks, new road wheels, and sloped sides can be seen. All air intakes were moved to the roof. The same solutions were used on the new III/IV chassis.

A new engine deck for the Tiger II. This blueprint is dated November 24, 1944.

Draft of a 105 mm gun installed in a Tiger II.

The final drive was the weakest part of the Panther.

Sketch of a Panther with an 88 mm gun.

PzKpfw Tiger mit 10.5 cm L/68.

PzKpfw VI Tiger II turret.

A platoon of tanks of the 11.Panzer Division passes by a burning Soviet BT-7 tank during the Battle of Kiev. The leading tanks are Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. D and the following two are Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. H.

Troops of the German army (Wehrmacht) with draft horses move artillery and equipment, including a mobile military field kitchen (Feldkochherd, Gulashkanone), in Oslo, Norway, in April 1940, during the first days of the German invasion and occupation of Norway in World War II.

A Panzerkampfwagen III fords a river during Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941.

Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschützwagen III/IV (Sf) Sd.Kfz. 165 "Hummel".

Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschützwagen III/IV (Sf) "Hummel".

Abandoned Jagdpanther.

One of several Jagdpanthers knocked out near Gheel (Velveeken), 1944.

M25 Tank Transporter moving a PzKpfw. V “Panther” tank, Germany, post-war.

Marder IIIs on rail transport.

Beob.Pz.Wg. III Ausf. H.

Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. N.

Pz.Bef.Wg. III Ausf. L “001”.

Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. G. A captured Soviet powered sled being pulled by draft horses is alongside.

Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. J.

The crew of a German Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C medium tank are engaged in cleaning of personal weapons, and repairing clothes during a break in the fighting.

Panzerkampfwagen IV's of the 3rd Kompanie LASSH in Kharkov in 1944.

Near a roadside windmill missing its sails, elements of the III.Batallion “Germania” Regiment of the 5.SS-Panzer-Division “Wiking” move out on a mission to advance some seven miles to the town of Zerczyce and relieve the Heer Grenadier Batallion z.b.v. 560 that has been encircled there by Soviet forces for the last three days. They are accompanied by a Pzkfw.V of the 5.Kompanie of the Division’s Panther Batallion. Wilanowo, Poland, 22 July 1944.

Panzerkampfwagen V Ausf. D Panthers.

A Panzerkampfwagen V Panther and SdKfz 234/2 Puma from Pz.Aufkl-Lehr-Abt.130, destroyed between Canisy and Le-Mesnil Amey, Sainto-Lô Cobra sector on 26 july 1944.

Hitler dedicates the Volkswagen factory in June 1938. An example of the convertible VW is in front of the speaker’s platform.

SdKfz 8 towing a Gotha Go 242 glider, March 1943.

SdKfz 8 towing a Me 323D-1 Gigant transport across a field to the runway, Tunisia, December 1942.

Captured at Kasserine Pass and impressed into service with the Afrika Korps, this U.S. M3 half-track has an improvised German cross. Another half-track with a .30-caliber machine gun is in the background.

German vehicles destroyed by Allied air attack form a jumbled mass of wreckage in a roadside ditch in Italy.

Captured British carrier used at a Luftwaffe airfield as a tractor to pull heavy bomb.

Polish TKS tankette in German service inspected by an American soldier, France, 1945.

German women doing their washing at a cold water hydrant in a Berlin street, a knocked out German scout car stands beside them. 3 July 1945.

Captured SU-76 in German service.

Captured SU-76 in German service, April 1945.

Jagdtiger Number 131 knocked out in Schwetzingen, 30 March 1945.

Jagdtiger Number 1331 of the Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 653 on U.S. Army M19 Tank Transporter.

Dunkelgrau painted vehicles during Operation Barbarossa. Notice how road dust and lighting make the vehicle’s color appear to change.

Henschel Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II in Budapest in 1945.

U.S. 9th Air Force personnel ride a captured German Volkswagen Type 82 Kübelwagen in France in October 1944.

Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II.

PzKpfw VI Tiger II.

German soldiers crossing a Russian River on their self-propelled gun on 3 August 1942.

SdKfz 250 half-track amidst the debris of the Soviet fortress Sevastopol in Ukraine on 4 August 1942.

A column from I./Panzer-Abt. z.b.V. 40 during the advance on Murmansk, 1941.

SdKfz 8 Halftrack with 8.8cm Flak 18.

French Renault UE trailer in German service, as British troops search for stragglers in Aquino, six miles west of Cassino, Italy.

Soldiers pull a staff car through the heavy mud of the Russian roads, November 1941.

SdKfz 234/3 “Puma.”

Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Ferdinand.

Looking inside a gepanzerte Selbstfahrlafette für Sturmgeschütz 7.5 cm Kanone (SdKfz 142) Ausf B.

7.5 cm Kanone L/40 für Selbstfahrlafette (Krupp).

15cm SiG33/2 (Sfl) auf Jagdpanzer 38(t).

2cm Flak38 auf Fahrgestell Bren(e). Single barrel German 2 cm Flak 38 cannon mounted over the engine compartment of a captured Bren carrier.

3,7 cm PaK 36 auf Selbstfahrlafette Bren(e). The Bren Carrier was captured in small numbers. Mounting a 37mm PaK36/37 anti-tank gun to convert the carrier to the role of tank destroyer. Given the AT gun lack of power such machines were used mainly for training and guard services.

3.7cm Flak 43 auf Flakpanzer IV “Ostwind” (East Wind) self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the PzKpfw. IV, seen at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, on 2 December 1946.

The Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" (East Wind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier Flakpanzer IV/2 cm Vierling Wirbelwind and produced at the Ostbau Works plant.

The Panzer IV's turret was removed and replaced with an open-top, hexagonal turret that housed a 3.7 cm Flak 43. In addition to its intended role as an anti-aircraft weapon, the fast-firing gun was highly effective against light vehicles. While a closed-top design was preferred, this was precluded by the amount of smoke generated by the gun.

The Ostwind's main improvement over the Wirbelwind was its armament. While the Wirbelwind was armed with the 2 cm Flak 38, the Ostwind was armed with the more powerful and longer range FlaK 43's. It also featured slightly better armor on its turret. The Flak 43 had a lower rate of fire than the 2 cm Flak 38. To solve this problem a project was undertaken to arm the Ostwind with two 37 mm cannons, known as the Ostwind II. A single prototype was built but the war ended before anything truly became of it.

Although an order for 100 vehicles was placed in August 1944, only 44 vehicles were completed (22 converted from existing Panzer IVs and 22 new production vehicles) from December 1944 to March 1945.

Pz.Sfl. IVc.

The Panzer Selbstfahrlafette IV Ausf. C, or Pz. Sfl. IVc. also known as Grille 10, the 8.8cm Flak 37 auf Sonderfahrgestell ("on special chassis"), was a German mobile gun platform for the widespread 8.8 cm anti-aircraft/anti-tank gun, built in 1941. It was a lightly armored vehicle. Only 3 prototypes were produced.

10.5 cm LG auf gepanzerte Munitionsschlepper (VK 3.02).

Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette 1a 5cm PaK 38 auf gepanzerte Munitionsschlepper (VK 3.02). Another conversion conceived in 1941 included a 50mm PaK 38 cannon on the same platform, which was conceived as a light tank destroyer for infantry and parachute forces. The development however got delayed and only two prototypes were built and sent on July 1, 1942 to the 19th Panzer Division for testing. However, their performance remains a mystery, as the relevant paperwork disappeared.

Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette 1a 5cm PaK 38 auf gepanzerte Munitionsschlepper (VK 3.02).

Panzer-Selbstfahrlafette 1a 5cm PaK 38 auf gepanzerte Munitionsschlepper (VK 3.02) 4.

Flakpanzer IV self-propelled anti-aircraft guns of the 9th SS Panzer Division during the battle. The presence of the II SS Panzer Corps would have a significant effect on the battle.

4,7 cm PaK(t) (Sf.) auf Panzerkampfwagen 35R 731(f).

15 cm sFH 13/1(Sf) auf Gw Lorraine Schlepper(f) (SdKfz 135/1). In May 1942, 40 Lorraine Schlepper chassis were converted to mount a 15cm sFH for use in North Africa. The superstructure came from Alkett and assembly was done in Paris. In July, 78 more were made available and 30 were fitted with the 15cm SFH at Krefeld while the remainder were to become Panzerjäger and 15cm sFH. In May 1942, 60 10.5cm le FH18/4 were ordered to be mounted on the Lorraine Schlepper, but only 12 were completed. The 150mm had a range of 9,432 yards. The 90 lb HE shell had a muzzle velocity of 1,250/sec.

15 cm sFH 13/1(Sf) auf Gw Lorraine Schlepper(f) (SdKfz 135/1).

10,5 cm le.FH 18/4 auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f).

10,5 cm le.FH 18/4 auf Geschutzwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f). Baukommando Becker (21. Panzer-Division). Note the presence of numerous Renault UE chassis and a conversion based on this chassis, the Beobachtungspanzer Renault UE (f). All other vehicles are based on the Schlepper Lorraine 37L (f).

Rebuilt Elefant. The Elefant (German for “elephant”) was a Schwerer Panzerjäger (German: “heavy tank-hunter”)—a tank destroyer—of the German Wehrmacht during World War II. It was built in small numbers in 1943 under the name Ferdinand after its designer Ferdinand Porsche, using tank hulls that had been produced for a cancelled German heavy tank design. In 1944, after modification of the existing vehicles, they were renamed Elefant. The official German designation was Panzerjäger Tiger (P) and the ordnance inventory designation was Sd. Kfz. 184.

Captured rebuilt Elefant, Italy, 1944.

After the Kursk disaster several Elefant tank destroyers fell into Russian hands like this example here. The burnt superstructure is evidence of attack with flamethrower or ‘Molotov cocktail’ gasoline bombs.

Panzerjäger mit 8.8cm PaK 43/2 SdKfz 184 “Elefant.”

15 cm s.F.H.18/1 auf Geschützwagen III/IV Hummel.

A Sturmgeschütz 7.5 cm Stu.K. 40 (L/48) Ausf. G mit Zimmerit (Sd.Kfz. 142/1) Nr. 345 of the 3rd Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "Großdeutschland", destroyed or scuttled by its crew near Vilkaviškis in the summer of 1944, probably in early August. The photograph was taken by men of the Soviet 33rd Army (General Vyacheslav Tsvetaev).

A German soldier with a Scherenfernrohr on his Sturmgeschütz in the city of Acireale, Sicily, Italy, in 1944. The Scherenfernrohr is a pair of adjustable stereoscopic binoculars consisting of two short periscopes.

Panzerjäger 38 (t) mit 7.5 cm Pa.K. 40/3 (Sd.Kfz. 138) Ausf. H “Marder III”.

Hauptmann and Ritterkreuzträger Alfred Ziemann from schwere-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 with one of the NCO of his company. The latter is wearing the collar patches adopted for the grey Sturmartillerie-feldjacke in May 1940. Ziemann received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 9 January 1944 as Oberleutnant and Chef 1.Kompanie / schwere-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93. Behind them is a Panzerjäger Nashorn (Sd.Kfz. 164) of their unit. The schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 (sometimes listed as schwere Heeres-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93) was formed on 26 July 1943 from Panzerjäger-Abteilung 93 and was equipped with Nashorn tank destroyers. It was destroyed on the Eastern front in August 1944. It was refitted and saw action on the Western Front and ended the war in the Ruhr pocket. Note the Soviet T-34 in the background.

Mockup of the Sturmgeschütz 40 mit 7.5 cm Pak 42 L/70, spring of 1943.

View of the driver’s position in a Tiger I, Beja, Tunisia, 23 April 1943.

Gun sight of the 88mm gun on a Tiger I; the lenses were removed. Beja, Tunisia, 23 April 1943.

88mm shell rack in the interior of a Tiger I, Beja, Tunisia, 23 April 1943.

V-8 engine of a Tiger I, Beja, Tunisia, 23 April 1943.

Tiger I command tank.

The now famous Tiger I (8.8 cm) Ausf E Nr 131 from 1. Kompanie/schwere-Panzer-Abteilung 504, captured by the 48th Royal Tank Regiment in Tunisia. It was damaged on April 21, 1943 by a 6-Pounder gun.

Tiger I.

Tiger I and armored car on a ferry.

Tiger I.

Tiger I tank in the north of France.

PzKpfw VI equipped for deep wading.

Retrieving a bogged-down PzKpfw VI Tiger I.

Refueling a Tiger I.

Tiger I used to train Army troops to prepare them for combat against armored forces, to get used to remaining in trenches while enemy vehicles pass over their dug-in positions.

Tiger I rolls over a German soldier in a trench.

Tiger I.

Tiger I crew applying Zimmerit to their vehicle.

Tiger I undergoing road wheel repair.

A Tiger I’s damaged drive sprocket is being replaced.

Tiger I crewman fills the canteen of a soldier. Note the pock mark from a hit by an enemy shell.

Tiger I combat damage.

Tiger I crewmen examine the effect of an enemy shell on the turret of their vehicle.

Tiger I undergoing engine maintenance. The armored rear deck cover is in the upright position to gain access to the engine compartment.

Tiger I.

Tiger Is with late armored commander’s cupola and steel rimmed road wheels. The men riding on the rear of the nearest tank are paratroopers.

Tiger I. Grossdeutschland, north of Mirau, September 1944.

Tiger I shown driving into a building. This was done for publicity only and such actions were not recommended as normal procedure.

The Tiger I is almost all the way into the house.

The house has partially collapsed onto the Tiger I.

Tiger I.

Tiger I replenishing ammo.

Russian mud, an indefatigable enemy. A Tiger I tank stuck on the bank of a river near Znamenka Kirovograd, a village in the Ukraine, April 4, 1943.

Tiger I.

Tiger I’s 88mm ammunition.

Panzer 38(t) crossing a ford during Barbarossa, a national flag on its turret to avoid friendly fire from air support.

Begleitwagen (Rh) PzKpfw. IV (7.5cm).

B.W. (Begleitwagen) experimental chassis, summer of 1938. The spaced armor covering the idler and the muffler on the fender are visible.

B.W. (Begleitwagen) experimental chassis.

B.W. (Begleitwagen) experimental chassis after improvements. The suspension armor was altered.

Maybach HL 100 TR used on experimental Begleitwagen tanks.

The front of the improved Begleitwagen. The large transmission access hatches are visible. This solution made the transmission easier to service but was not the greatest for shell resistance. Built under the concealed purpose name of Bataillonsführerwagen (battalion commander’s vehicle).

B.W. I Kp at Krupp’s assembly plant, summer of 1936. Externally, the first B.W. looks very similar to the PzKpfw IV Ausf A. The similarity is misleading. The tank underwent significant changes, both on the inside and the outside, before it entered production.

Begleitwagen I (Krupp) with Turm V1.

5 cm KwK 38 L/42 auf Matilda(e). During the fighting in Africa, the Germans captured several British Matilda infantry tanks, different production versions. Other Matildas were captured on the Eastern Front. One Matilda II was converted to a self-propelled gun. The original turret was removed and in its place was mounted a 50mm tank cannon KwK 38 L/42, the same gun version of the PzKpfw III. Additional armament consisted of two machine guns. This vehicle was used in 1942 in the Lehrkommando Hochsee school unit in Terneuzen in the occupied Netherlands. The tank was named “Oswald.” In late 1942, the tower was removed . The vehicle’s fate is unknown, probably later ended up in the scrap yard.

5 cm KwK 38 L/42 auf Matilda(e).

Tiger IIs during review, 1944.

Rear view of Tiger II at Aberdeen Proving Ground, circa early 1970s.

VK 20.01 (D).

Begleitwagen 40 (B.W. 40) / VK 20.01 (IV) / VK 20.01 (BW) / VK 20.01 (K) wooden mockup.

Last of the 30-ton prototypes was that built by Daimler-Benz, the VK 30.02 (D), at the end of 1941, which showed in its hull shape the influence of the Soviet T-34.

VK 30.02 (D) prototype (center).

PzKpfw. 38(t) na (Nue Art, 1943).

StuH IV Brummbär done up in the MAN/MNH style ‘disc’ pattern Hinterhalt-Tarnung. Part of the poor visibility in the image is due to falling snow.

Various Panzer models advancing towards the fighting from Panzer Group von Kliest (hence the large ‘K’ on the vehicles). This feature would also show up as ‘G’ for Guderian and other Panzer Groups (and later, Panzer Armies) would follow suit with their own letter or other symbols as identifiers.

Kursk, 1943.

Cemetery of captured German Panzer and Geschützwagen (front one is a Hummel) but also Lend-Lease tanks with two M4A2(76mm)W, one outfitted with a muzzle-brake.

JgdPz 38(t) Hetzer in a very carefully applied Hinterhalt-Tarnung. Notice how you can more or less differentiate the different colors by shade.

Ex-British Stuart Light Tank captured in November 1941 during Operation Crusader. Several were captured intact and repainted in overall sand color. They were then used to guard Rommel’s headquarters.

In German service they were known as Infanterie Panzerkampfwagen Mk III 749 (e). Being loaded on to flarcars for transport.

Ex-British Stuart III Light Tank in German service.

Ex-American M3 Light Tank captured at Kasserine Pass from the 1st Armored Division.

M5 Light Tank. On 1 March 1945, the 83rd Infantry Division prepared a small task force to seize a bridge over the Rhine at Oberkassel near Dusseldorf. The lead element of the task force consisted of German-speaking GIs, and a few tanks painted in German markings. This is one of those tanks photographed here.

Another view of the same M5 Light Tank as seen above.

Ex-American M3 Light Tank in German service, re-captured by American soldiers.

Another photo of the same vehicle. In German service it was designated Leichter Panzerkampfwagen M3 (a).

Another view of M3 Light Tank captured from Soviets and in German service when knocked out by Soviet forces. Estonia, Saarema Island, 1944.

Marder I.

Marder II.

Soldiers with a Marder III of the 1st SS Panzer Division near Kharkov, February 1943.

Panzer II.

PzKpfw IV.

All the crew members except the driver of this Panzer IV Ausf. D tactical number 231 are looking for fresh air. Spring 1940, Western Europe.

PzKpfw IV Ausf F1, Rzhev, September 1942.

Two Panzer IV Ausf D stuck in soft ground, probably waiting to be towed away. Notice the identical way to mount spare roadwheels on rear engine, extra boxes used to store crew personal stuff and the smoke candle racks (Nebelkerzen-abwurfvorrichtung).

Wreck of a Panzer IV (7.5 cm) Ausf C (VsKfz 622) after a huge internal explosion.

Panzerschützen in front of early Panzer IV (Ausf. B or C), tactical number 20, from Panzer-Regiment 15. They all wear a M1934 Schutzmütze (‘Panzer Beret’).

PzKpfw IV Ausf A, serial number 80113, produced in February 1938. This is one of the few tanks of this type that received camouflage paint.

PzKpfw IV Ausf A turret from the rear, showing pistol ports and the commander’s cupola.

Some tanks had an antenna guard added underneath the gun to move the antenna out of the way.

A model of the new turret platform for the PzKpfw IV tested on the B.W. II Kp.

PzKpfw IV Ausf B (left) and Ausf A (right). This photo demonstrates the differences between the modifications.

PzKpfw IV Ausf B. The anti-aircraft machine gun mount, deemed uncomfortable to use, disappeared from the left side. Interestingly, this tank lacks the antenna deflector.

The PzKpfw IV Ausf C looked very similar to its predecessor.

A new type of antenna deflector that was installed on all Ausf C tanks.

PzKpfw IV column in Poland, September 1939.

PzKpfw IV Ausf C destroyed by an ammo rack explosion. Mszczonów, Poland, 1939.

PzKpfw IV Ausf C on the Eastern Front, summer of 1941.

PzKpfw IV Ausf C with a full set of modernizations, including extra 30 mm of front armor on the middle front plate.

PzKpfw IV Ausf C from the 21st Tank Division, 1944. As you can see, this tank did not receive additional armor.

PzKpfw IV, spring 1940.

Knocked out PzKpfw IVs.

Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H ‘618’ (6th company, 1st platoon, 8th vehicle), 1st SS Panzer Division ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’ in Milan, Italy, September 1943. Notice how the numbers are not stenciled, but done by hand and a tri-color pattern camouflage.

Panzer IV Ausf. (C or D) ‘613’ from the 6th Panzer Division. Notice how the tactical symbol (the Rhombus) is a metal plate and that the Balkenkreuz is narrow.

German Wheels & Tracks in View