- Panther Ausf D 1944 Eastern Front
- Panther Ausf G tanks of 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg winter camo Alsace December 1944
- German Panther Ausf D on road
- Panther Ausf A with zimmerit
- Panther Ausf A right side
- Stavelot 1945 Panther and PaK 40
- Panther Ausf D 1944 and crew member
- Panther Ausf A Eastern Front 1944
- Destroyed Panther Ausf. A number 112 of the Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier Division 2 Hermann Göring. East Prussia February 1945
- Panther Cologne March 1945 Duel at the Cathedral
- Panther Ausf D tank number 914 1943
- Panther during the Russian “Rasputitsa” muddy season
- Panther tank Ostpreussen 1944
- Destroyed Panther Northern Luxenburg January 22 25 1945
- Panther tank rail transport 2
- Panther tank upside down France 29 July 1944
- Panzer Panther Ausf G number 402 Eifel 1945
- US Soldier and KO Panther Ausf G Tank in La Gleize Belgium 1945
- destroyed Panther Ausf D tanks Kursk July 1943
- Panther tank winter
- KO Panther Ausf D 52nd Panzer Battalion and Sd.Kfz 263 Battle of Kursk 1943
- Captured German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf G Somewhere In France 16 August 1944
- Oberst Langkeit Panzer V “01” of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland Romania 1944
- Aschaffenburg Germany Panther Tank and Submarine Plant
- Panther Ausf D Medium Tank
- Panther Ausf G of 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
- Panther Ausf G Medium Tank
- Panther Ausf A of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking Bahntransport Summer 1944
- Panzer V Panther Ausf D Medium Tank
- German tank Panther Ausf D
- Panther Ausf G in river
- Panther Befehlswagen
- POWs and knocked out German Panther Ausf G Sinz 94th Inf 3rd Army
- Panzer III Panzer IV And In The Background Panther tank 1945
- column of Panther Ausf A tanks from Grossdeutchland division Romania
- Tank Treads And Panther Tank Turrets 1945
- Panther Houffalize Belgium
- Destroyed Panther tank somewhere in germany at the end of the war
- Panzerkampfwagen V Panther with Zimmerit
- Pantherturm by ARNO RIVER Italy
- Panther Tanks Part Of A Column Smashed In A Vally South Of Stavelot
- Abandoned Panther Ausf G Ardennes
- Panther Ausf D number 131 on flat car
- Panther Ausf G number 332 Eastern Front September 1944
- Panzer V Panther Ausf G of Fallschirm Panzerkorps Hermann Goring
- Panther Ausf D 1944
- Panther Lair At Hanover Germany Complete Turret Assemblies color
- Tank Panther Ausf A of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Poland 1944
- Panzer V Panther Ausf G number 415 1944
- Befehlspanzer V Panther Ausf A 1944
- Panzer V Panther Ausf D 2
- Abandoned Panther Ausf G tank from 19th Panzer Division Poznan 1945
- Italy 1944 Panzer V Panther with zimmerit
- Panther Ausf D number 312 of the 51st Panzer Battalion
- Panther Ausf A of the Panzer Regiment 4, Rome 1943
- Panzer V Panther Sd.Kfz 171 in Belgium 1944
- Panther Ausf G and Panzer IV 611, Hotton Belgium 26 December 1944
- Panther and crew 1944 Hungary
- Panther Ausf A with Zimmeritt of Waffen SS 1944
- Panther Ausf D 112 Kursk
- Panther Ausf G transport
- Panther Ausf A Outside Cologne Cathedral 1945
- German Column 6 Panzer V Panther Ausf A tanks along road
- Panther Ausf D od Waffen SS 1944
- Panther Ausf D number 434 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk 2
- Abandoned German Panzer V Panther in Paris
- Knocked Out German Panther Tank at Cologne Cathedral 1945
- destroyed Panther Ausf D Kharkov August 1943
- Panther tank France 1944 2
- Panther Ausf G 1944 rail transport
- Panther Ausf A France1944
- Panzer V Panther Sd.Kfz 171
- Panther Ausf G of 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler tank number 221 with steel road wheels Ardenes
- Oberst Karl Lorenz and Panzer V Panther Ausf A of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland
- destroyed Panther Ausf D number 745 1943
- Panther Ausf G number 111 and Panzer IV Belgium 1945
- Panther Ausf A number 109
- Panther Ausf G Luxembourg February 1945
- Panther Ausf D number 634 Kursk
- Panzer V Panther with Zimmerit
- Panther turrets Aschaffenburg Railroad Yards In Germany
- Captured tank Panther Ausf G
- Panzer V Panther number 415
- Panther Ausf G number 111
- Abandoned tank Panther Ausf G, Munich 1945
- Abandoned Panther tank
- destroyed tank Panther Ausf D
- Panther tank number 413
- Abandoned Captured German Panther Tank in French Street 1944
- Panther Ausf D number 434 51st Panzer Battalion rear view Kursk
- Panther Ausf A with zimmerit 1944
- Destroyed Panther number 512 Kursk Eastern Front
- Panther Ausf A 1944 Hungary
- US GIs Climbing on Captured German Panther Ausf G Tank
- destroyed Panther Ausf D number 102 of Panzer Grenadier Division Grossdeutschland 1943
- Panther ausf A number 123 winter
- Burning Panther Tank
- Panther tanks Eastern front Winter
- Panzer V Panther of Panzer Regiment 2
- Panther of 5 Waffen SS Panzer Division Wiking
- Panther number 33 1944 45 Germany
- Panther Ausf A tank from II/Panzer Regiment 33, 9th Panzer Division, Cologne Germany
- Panther ausf D number 732
- Panther commander cupola winter camo
- Panther Ausf. G front view
- Panzer V Panther with Zimmerit Eastern front 1944 45
- Panther ausf A
- Panther Eastern front
- Panther winter camo
- Panther of Panzer Regiment 3
- Panther ausf D tanks 732 and 721
- Panther tank and crew
- Panther of 5 Waffen SS Panzer Division Wiking Kowel 1944
- Abandoned Panther ausf D
- Panther ausf A of Waffen SS France
- Panther ausf D tank Germany july 1943
- Panther ausf D of the 51st Panzer Battalion, tank number 121 – Eastern front
- Panther in France, august 1944
- Grossdeutschland division Panther tank
- M8 GMC and Panzer Lehr Division Panther tank, St Gilles France july 1944
- Panther tank in France 1944
- Panther tank number 421 with zimmerit (special anti-magnetic paste), 1944
- Panther tanks are loaded aboard flatcars for transport to the front
- Panthers Panzertransport France 1944
- Panther pzkpfw V
- Panther tank with zimmerit (special anti-magnetic paste)
- Panther tank ausf A
- pzkpfw Panther tanks
- pzkpfw Panther 2
- pzkpfw Panther Italy
- Panther tank commander
- Panzer V Panther Italy
- Destroyed Panther Ausf A of the Panzer Lehr Division – Normandy July 1944
- Panther road wheels France
- Pantherturm Italy 1944
- Panther Ausf D number 434 of the 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk
- Panther tank in winter camo
- German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Arc de Triomphe Paris 1944
- Panther Ausf A tank of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler in Flandres Belgium June 1944
- Panther panzer V ausf D
- Panther tank San Giovanni Italy 1944
- pzkpfw Panther
- Panther Ausf A tank number 511 winter camouflage, 1944
- Panthers on Ssyms 50 ton flatcars in the factory railway yard
- Panzer V Panther ausf G with IR Sights
- Panther tank Rhine 1945
- Panther tank commander Italy
- Panther Ausf A tank of the 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Argentan France August 1944
- Pantherturm Italy
- German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Arc de Triomphe Paris
- Panzer V Panther G
- Panther from I/Panzer-Regiment 4 in Rome, August 1943
- Panther Ausf A tank number 412 France
- Panther tank on rail car
- Panther tank near Autrey France 1944
- Pantherturm Italy 2
- Pantherturm Italy 1944 2
- Panther Ausf A ank number 511 with typical winter camouflage scheme
- Panzerketten for Panzer V
- Pantherturm Italy Heinrich von Vietinghoff
- PzKpfw V Panther
- Panzer V Panther 028 1
- Panther tank number 631
- Panther tank with hit marks
- Panther tank east front
- PzKpfw V Panther tank, Palais Rohan, Strasbourg
- Panther panzer
- Panther tank turret
- StuG Ausf G and Panther Italy Nettuno
- Panther tank number 501 of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
- Panther tank knocked out, combat zone Periers Normandy July 1944
- Panther Ausf A tank number 102 of the 4th Panzer Regiment and Elefant, Italy February 29, 1944
- Pantherturm Italy 1944 4
- Prototype Panther
- Zimmerit on Panther tank
- Panther tank ausf D
- Panther tank ausf A late
- Panzer V Panther boneyard Aschaffenburg Germany 1945
- Panther tank camouflage
- Panther tank destroyed
- Panzer V Panther ausf A east front
- Panther tank number 432 France 1944
- Panther tank 2
- Panther tank camouflage east front
- Panther tank number 613
- Panther Ausf A tank number 511 winter camouflage 4
- German Camouflaged Panther Tank Of 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
- Panzer V Panther Italy 2
- German tank Panther Ausf A of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, Paris 1944
- Panther tank ww2 Italy
- Panther panzersoldaten east front
- Panther Ausführung A tank number 511 winter camouflage
- Pz kpfw V Panther
- Panther tank photo
- Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Italy
- Panther tank number 334 Italy
- Panzer V Panther Italy 3
- Russian Panther tank
- Panther tank befehlspanzer
- pzkpfw 5 panther
- Panzer V Panther ausf D
- Sherman and Panther Mont Ormel 1944
- Panther rear Sdkfz 171
- Panther tank in North France
- Panthers unternehmen Zitadelle
- Panther tank number 232
- Panthers Panzertransport France 1944
- Panther tank number 815
- Sdkfz 9 Famo towing Panther
- Panther Ausf D number 435 of the 51st Panzer Battalion Kursk
- Panther panzer V ausf D 2
- Panther tank
- Panther Ostfront Sud Panzersoldat
- Panzer V Panther ausf D east front winter
- Panther tank number 438 east front
- Panther tank number 114 with zimmerit Italy
- Panzersoldat Italy
- Panther pzkpfw V 2
- Panther tank in Hungary
- Pantherturm Italy 1944 3
- Panthers Panzertransport France 1944 4
- Panther tank ausf G
- Panther ausf G of the 9th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht) France 1944 2
- Panthers tanks knocked out in Normandy 1944
- Panzerkampfwagen V Panther
- Panzer V Panther Ausf A tank from II/Panzer Regiment 33, 9th Panzer Division, Cologne Germany
- Panther Ausf A tank number 412 France 1944
- Panther rhine 1945
- Panther tank Kelberg Germany 1945
The best German medium tank during World War II was the Panzer V Panther. The beginnings of a stunning career were not encouraging. During the baptism of combat at the Battle of Kursk from 204 used Panther ~150 were lost, mostly because of the failure of the drive and motor (50 not even communed to the battlefield). However battles have shown that Panther has high-quality protection armor and weaponry. After eliminating manufacturing defects, Panther has quickly become a danger opponent for the Allied armored forces.
The idea of building a new medium tank Panther came up in 25th November 1941 year. It happened due to fear waking reports that were coming from the east front. On the eastern front the German crew with tanks Panther III and IV encountered tanks KW-1 and T-34, which were exceeding German armored vehicles in terms of armor and weapons. Originally was idea to copy T-34 tank, which was ultimately rejected. Special commission was sent, which got known Soviet tanks. On the basis of the committee’s report requirements for the new tank were defined. Engine tank was to have the power of 650-700hp, armor would be 40 mm and the speed of 55 km/h. The first project was developed by Daimler-Benz (VK 3002). However, it was rejected due to too big similarity to the T-34 . The second project was developed by MAN. For the first time in a German tank was used armor plates welded with an angle of 50 degrees. Chassis was consisted of a large-diameter wheels overlapping on each other. Tank weighing 35t, his maximum speed was 55 km/h and was armed with a 7,5 cm gun KwK 42 L/70. As the drive unit was selected Maybach engine HL 210 P45 witch had 654hp. Serial production was to be carried out in: MAN, DB, Henschel and MNH plants. Series production started in June 1942. It was planned that till May 1943 about 250 tanks will be built. The first mass- produced version was the version ausf. D. Tanks in this version had thickened up to 80 mm armor and a more powerful engine Maybach 230 P30 with 700 hp. Tanks produced in the second half of 1943 were equipped with armored sheet that protected chassis. The tanks also had a new type of commander cupola, equipped with seven periscopes. There was also fixing bracket on the tower for MG34 so-called “Fligerbeschussgerat”, which allowed shoot the airplanes. The second mass- produced version was the ausf A version. The tanks were manufactured since September 1943 till March 1944. Spherical mounting bracket for MG34 was installed (in tanks version D MG was extendible ) and hole to eject shells was cancel. Panther ausf G was most numerous produced version. From March 1944 till January 1945 3740 tanks were produced. Angle of the hull armor plates was increased to 61 degrees and armor thickness was increased to 50 mm. The driver received one rotating periscope instead of two motionless. Part PzKpfw V “Panther” Ausf G tank were equipped with wheels entirely made from steel. Shape of the mantlet was modified to prevent turret jamming as a result of enemy fire.
Total production: ~6000 tanks. Gun: 7.5 cm KwK 42 L/70. Max armor: 120 mm.