Full Description
The German Panther is arguably the finest medium tank of the Second World War and one of the greatest ever built. Combining unmatched firepower, armour protection and mobility it was the primary nemesis of the Russian T-34 tank on the Eastern Front., Author Mark Healy looks at the development, construction and fighting qualities of the Panther, as well as including insights into what it was like to operate and maintain. He focuses on the surviving Panther Ausf A at the German Armour Museum, Munster, and the UK Tank Museum's Panther Ausf G., Author: Mark Healy is the author of the Haynes T-34 Tank Manual as well as Midway 1942, The Tiger Tank Story and Zitadelle: The German Offensive against the Kursk Salient 14-17 July 1943. He also produced the best-selling video series Die Deutschen Panzer. He lives in Dorset.
Contents
CONTENTS
1 THE PANTHER STORY
Dealing with Russia - a lesser affair than France!
Flawed German assumptions about the Red Army's tank force
The KV-1 and T-34 shock
The Panzer Commission to Russia
There can be only one
The essentials of the MAN Panther
2 PRODUCTION OF THE PANTHER AND ITS VARIANTS
Production of the Panther
Panther variants: part one
The production status of the Panther and the
Emergency Panzer Programme of January 1945
Panther variants: part two
Panther variants: part three
3 ANATOMY OF THE PANTHER
Introduction
Part one: the hull exterior
Part two: the hull interior
Part three: the turret and main armament
4 PANTHER WALK-AROUND
5 PANTHER AT WAR
'Our problem child'
Into combat - the Panther at Kursk
The Panther in Italy
Panthers in action on the eastern border of Poland, late summer 1944
Preparing for the invasion in the West
Panthers in Normandy
Reflections
APPENDIX
Panther Ausf G specifications
Select bibliography
Index
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