The Panzer IV was the most numerous German built tank of the Second World War. The Tank Museum’s example – shown here - was built as one of 229 Ausf D models between October 1939 and May 1941. It was then steadily upgraded, receiving the long KwK 40 gun, extra armour on the hull and Schurzen spaced armour on the turret. Although the vehicle’s early history is unknown, it was later used as a driver training tank by the Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps (NSKK) before being captured. | The T

Our running replica of a First World War German A7V tank is built to represent 'Schnuck' - captured on this day in 1918. After capture, Schnuck was displayed at the Imperial War Museum until 1922, when it was scrapped. Only the gun has survived. Like later German tank designs, the A7V was far more mechanically sophisticated than British machines of the time. And just like some of those later designs, that sophistication would also prove to be what undermined it the most. Whilst 100 A7V’s were or

Take a look inside our Panzer IV, the armoured workhorse of the German Army of World War 2. For more: https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/panzer-iv | The Tank Museum

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