Panzer II France 1940
Captured Panzer II Africa
Panzer II Ausf C
Panzer II Ausf F March 1943 Eastern Front
Destroyed Panzer II in Calais 1940
Panzer II during field exercises
A column of Panzer II tanks
Panzer II tanks of the 1. Panzer-Division, Piotrkow Trybunalski 1939
Panzer II and SdKfz 233, North Africa 1943
Panzer II and Panzer 35(t) tanks 1940
Panzer II code 114 of the 4. Panzer Regiment, Poland 1939
Panzer II code 541
Destroyed Panzer II 222 of the 4 Panzer-Division Sieradz-Tomaszow 1939
Panzer II on railroad flat car in transit to the front
Panzer II in repairs
Panzer II 512 from 4 Panzer-Division 10 September 1939
Panzer II near Warsaw 1939
Panzer II fording
Panzer II Steinkjer Norway 1940
Panzer II tanks
Panzer II Eastern Front
Bruckenleger auf Panzer II
Panzer II 45 5 or 7 Panzer-Division Przemysl 1939
Panzer II 144 of the DAK
Panzer II of the Panzerregiment 35 2
Captured Panzer II Africa
Panzer II Nr 611 1939
Panzer II I04 of the Deutsches Afrika Korps
Panzer II I05
Ladungstrager Panzer II 301
Panzer II color photo 1942
Panzer II 1940 France
Panzer II 1939 2
Panzer II Ausf D of the Panzer-Abteilung 67, 1 September 1939
Panzer II maintenance MAN Nurnberg
Destroyed Panzer II code 611, Poland 1939
Knocked Out German PzKpfw II tank in Tunisia 1943
Captured by the British troops Panzer II DAK 2
Panzer II coded 701
Bruckenleger auf Panzer II Ausf D September 1939
Panzer II of the 3 Panzer Division, Zambrow 1939
Panzer II Ladungstrager of the 5 Panzer Regiment, Eastern Front
Panzer II frontal view
Panzer II of the 6 Panzer Division
Panzer II II01
Panzer II “3” of the 11th Panzer Division
Panzer II tank code 345 1939 2
Panzer II Norway 1940
Panzer II 301 Ladungsleger
Panzer II tank of the 1. Panzer-Division, Piotrkow Trybunalski 1939
Panzer II Ausf C France May 1940
Panzer II barracks
Panzer II fahrschule 2
Panzer II 26 September 1939 Poland
Panzer II 644 tank carrying fascine
Panzer II 601
Panzer II fahrschule 2
Panzer II of the Panzerregiment 35 with extra armor
Panzer II named Blucher 1939
Panzer II loaded onto a rail car for transport
Panzer II Kampinos 1939
Captured Panzer II Ausf F, Eastern Front 1943
Panzer II tanks with extra armor
Panzer II ausf b of the 4. Panzer Division Warsaw September 1939
Panzer II “II13” of the 7th Panzer Division
Panzer II D from PzRgt 35, 4th Panzer Division Pulawy 1939
Panzer II “A96” with trailer from 12. Panzer Division July 1941
Panzer II towing Ford V8-51
Panzer II 12 in Rouen 1940
Panzer II Ausf b
Panzer II coded 345, Poland 1939
Captured Panzer II Africa
Panzer II 20
Panzer II Ausf D 1939
Panzer II of the 7. Panzer-Division
Panzer II 401
Panzer II Ausf C 1941
Panzer II of the 4 Panzer-Division, Radomsk 1939
Captured Panzer II Africa
Panzer II 812, 1939
Panzer II tank 1940
Panzer II and I Poland
German light tanks Panzerkampfwagen II.
Although the vehicle had originally been designed as a stopgap while larger, more advanced tanks were developed, it nonetheless went on to play an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns. The Panzer II was the most numerous tank in the German Panzer Divisions beginning with the invasion of France. It was used in both North Africa against the Western Allies and on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.