The Panther Tank: Hitler's T-34 Killer

by Anthony Tucker-Jones

Overview

Along with the Tiger, Sherman and T-34, the Panther ranks as one of the most famous tanks of the Second World War. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this comprehensive new study of a remarkable fighting vehicle, uses over 100 archive photographs, along with a selection of color profiles, to describe its design, development and operational record.

On the Eastern Front the German army needed to counter the Red Army’s robust and utilitarian T-34 which began to appear in every-growing and eventually decisive numbers. The Panther, the German response, was rapidly conceived and produced under extraordinarily difficult wartime conditions. With its sloping armor and a high-velocity 75mm gun, it proved to be a better medium tank than its predecessor the Mk IV, it was more versatile than the heavyweight Tiger and it was superior to most of the Allied tanks it faced. It also had an important influence on subsequent tank design.

Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history gives a fascinating insight into its wartime career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781473833609
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	08/05/2016
Series:	Images of War
Pages:	120
Sales rank:	821,054
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.60(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Anthony Tucker-Jones is a former defense intelligence officer and a widely published expert on regional conflicts, counter-terrorism and armored and aerial warfare. He is the author of over thirty books, is security and terrorism correspondent for intersec – The Journal of International Security, and has freelanced for Channel 4 News.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Hitler's Problem Child 7

Photograph Sources 13

Chapter 1 Poor Start - Ausf D 15

Chapter 2 Combat Improvements - Ausf A 25

Chapter 3 Third Time Lucky - Ausf G 33

Chapter 4 Stillborn - Ausf F and Panther II 41

Chapter 5 Panther Variants 49

Chapter 6 Baptism of Fire 59

Chapter 7 A Roman Holiday 69

Chapter 8 In Calvados Country 79

Chapter 9 Panthers in the Bulge 91

Chapter 10 Panther or T-34 105

Chapter 11 The Panther's fate 113

Further Reading 123