The Panzer II was a World War II German light tank, which was produced from 1935 to 1943. Since it was a kind of a stopgap design while better tanks were being developed, the Panzer II was the most important German tank when the war broke out on September 1, 1939, from a numerical point [...]
Elefant Tank (Panzerjäger Ferdinand)
The Elefant tank destroyer was a World War II German tank hunter. Its construction was improvised, based on the Tiger I Chassis. The model number was Sd.Kfz.184. The Elefant tank destroyer, or Panzerjäger, was designed by Ferdinand Porsche and manufactured by Porsche AG in 1943. It was 8.14m long, 3.38 m wide, 3 m tall, weighed 65 [...]
King Tiger Tank
Tiger I Tank
Panzer IV
The Panzer IV was a World War II German medium tank. It was developed in the 1930s and used extensively during the war. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. It was designed by Krupp in 1936 as an infantry support tank, but soon assumed a tank-fighting role to counter the threat of the new [...]
Shaped Charge
A shaped charge is an explosive charge with a shaped cavity which forces the explosive’s energy to the front in order to have an armor-piercing effect. Modern lined shaped charges can penetrate armor steel to a depth of 7 times the diameter of the charge’s cone. A shaped charge is a concave metal cone which [...]