THE ARDENNES ON FIRE



[PHOTO OF PANTHERS]


[ENGINEERING PLANS OF A PANTHER TANK]



THE GERMAN PANTHER TANK: WONDER WEAPON!


Watch this incredible video about the legendary and lethal Panther Tank

Greetings to everyone! In my humble opinion, the German Panther Tank was the single greatest tank of the Second World War. Although only 6009 were produced, this was more than enough to strike tremendous fear into every Allied soldier of every Allied nation. The Panther Tanks served on every front and fought like knights for Germany. By late 1944, two out of every three battalions of each Panzer Division were fully equipped with Panthers. During the Normandy campaign of the summer of 1944, over half the German panzers were Panthers. And, during the great Ardennes counter offensive of December 1944-January 1945, almost two-thirds of all German tanks deployed were Panthers. In short, the Panther Tank was the work horse of work horses of the German Army during the latter half of the Second World War.


VITAL STATISTICS OF THE LEGENDARY GERMAN PANTHER TANK [Pz Kpfw Version V]

PANZERKAMPFWAGEN VERSION # 5

LENGTH: 22 FEET..7.1 INCHES

WIDTH: 11 FEET..2.6 INCHES

HEIGHT: 9 FEET..6.0 INCHES

WEIGHT: 44.8 tons [89,800 POUNDS]

SPEED: 34.2 MILES PER HOUR

CREW: [5] DRIVER, COMMANDER, GUNNER, LOADER, RADIO-OPERATOR

MAIN GUN: 75 MM EXTREME HIGH VELOCITY..17 1/2 FEET LONG!..81-100 ROUNDS

SECONDARY ARMAMENT: TWO MG 34 MEDIUM MACHINE GUNS..5,100 ROUNDS EACH

MAIN ARMOR PLATING: 4.68 INCHES OF FRONTAL ARMOR AND 5.23 INCHES OF TURRET ARMOR

OPERATIONAL RANGE: 155.43 MILES

SUSPENSION: DOUBLE TOROSION BAR..INTERLEAVED ROAD WHEELS

ENGINE: V-12 PETROL MAYBACH HL230 P30 700PS: TOTAL HORSE POWER = 690!


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