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V Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II. The official German designation was Panzerkampfwagen II (abbreviated PzKpfw II). Although the vehicle had originally been designed as a stopgap while larger, more advanced tanks were developed, it nonetheless went on to play an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. The Panzer II was the most numerous tank in the German Panzer divisions at the beginning of the war.[2] It was used in both North Africa against the Western Allies and on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.

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Panzer II je bil lahki tank, ki ga je razvila nacistična Nemčija v 30. Bilo je namenjeno začasni zasnovi, dokler ni bilo mogoče proizvajati naprednejših tankov, vendar je ostala v uporabi vse do 2. svetovne vojne. Panzer II je bil oborožen z 20 mm avtokanonom in 7,92 mm mitraljezom, imel pa je tudi posadko treh. Imel je največjo hitrost 40 km/h in domet 200 km. Panzer II. je sodeloval pri invazijah na Poljsko, Francijo, Sovjetsko zvezo in Severno Afriko, pa tudi v drugih bitkah in kampanjah. Postopoma so ga nadomestili močnejši tanki, kot sta Panzer III in IV, vendar so nekatere različice še naprej uporabljali za izvidništvo, artilerijo in protiletalske vloge do konca vojne.