3/15/2024 0 Comments World war toons panther build![]() Some serious issues, however, remained to plague the Panther throughout the production run, such as the weak final drives. ![]() Although the Panther’s baptism of fire at Kursk in July 1943 was a great disaster (many were total write-offs even before the battle began due to engine fires and other malfunctions) many of its teething issues were resolved. Its gun, Rheinmetall’s 7,5 cm K.w.K. L/70, could achieve hits at over 1000 metres and thanks to its long barrel, projectiles could reach high muzzle velocities (v 0) of up to 1120 m/s 3. Thanks to efforts streamlining Germany’s armament industry it could be build in large numbers when it was first introduced in 1943. Even though this combination came at the cost of weak side-armour, the Panther could withstand almost anything with its 80 mm thick 55° angled glacis plate. With the Panther, the Wehrmacht fielded a weapon system efficiently combining both mobility and firepower. In this post I’ll dive into the history of British evaluation of the Panther and look at how and why the British produced their own Panthers. Instead it was produced post-war under British supervision. The Panther in The Tank Museum, however, wasn’t produced during the war. ![]() ![]()
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