Leichte Panzers in Action - Squadron Signal SS2010

Squadron Signal
Series	Amor In Action
Sujet	Light panzers
Réf	SS2010

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Panzer is a German word meaning "armored." While the word can be applied today to all German battleships, from its origins to the present day, it is used to refer mainly to the German tracked turret armoured vehicles of the Second World War (panzerkampfwagen, armoured fighting vehicle, abbreviated PzKfw), which had a particular design and tactical use. The generic term is less used for post-war German MBTs (Leopard 1 and 2), similar to other Western weapons systems. Note that while French historiography uses the plural "panzers", the current use admits the plural of panzer origin in italics. In addition, some military history books use this word as an abbreviation for large armoured units ("2nd Panzer" meaning 2nd Armoured Division or 2.Panzer Division).

The Panzer, surtout ceux de la deuxième moitié de la guerre, étaient très redoutés, moins nombreux mais souvent plus dangereux que ceux de leurs adversaires. Les chars lourds Tigre et Tigre II étaient ainsi les véhicules les plus lourdement blindés de leur époque. Le panzer IV fut le blindé allemand le plus utilisé durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Il a opéré sur tous les fronts : Pologne, France, Balkans, Grèce, front de l’Est, Afrique du Nord, Italie, etc.