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Answer Panzer is a word that refers to German armor (armour). Panzer-Grenadier was a unit that a mechanized infantry unit. Interestingly, a police unit was organized by Herman Goring and it grew into size to become an infantry unit, that was under the command of the Luftwaffe(Air Force). This unit grew large enought to be a Division with armored attached. It's official name was "Herman Goring Fallschrim-PanzerKorps" which literally translates to Armored Parachute Corps. However, they were not paratroopers.
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∙ 12y agoThe German name for tank or aromor is Panzer.
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∙ 14y agothe names of some Germin tanks are called panzer,tiger,or halftrack
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Where Russian t-34 better than German tiger tanks?
Russian t-34 because their attack and speed was better but the tiger tank was slow and their attack was almost the same as Russian the tiger tank had better armor
Why was the sherman tank so bad?
1: The gun was not capable of penetrating frontal armor of German's heaviest tanks. 2: The German tanks had longer range than the Sherman---so the Sherman had to get closer. 3: The armor was not the best. 4: To lighten the weight, it used an aircraft engine that burned gasoline. This made it catch fire easily if it was hit. The tankers called it "the Bronson Burner"---a play on words as the Bronson was the name of a cigarette lighter.
How thick was the pershing tanks armor?
The M26 Pershing tank had armor 102 mm thick on the front of the hull, and 76 mm thick on the sides of the hull. The turret was protected by 102 mm of armor (the same as the hull), while the mantlet (gun shield) for the 90 mm main gun was up to 114 mm thick. The M26 Pershing was one of the only Allied tanks during WWII with thick enough armor to take a direct hit from the German 8.8 cm anti-tank gun and survive.
What is wolframite used for?
Wolframite was mainly used for tank armor in world war 2
Were armoured tanks invulnerable to machine guns?
In WW 1, the armor on tanks was not THAT thick, and a heavy machine gun with armor piercing ammuntion COULD disable a tank. They were NOT invulnerable.
In World War 2 what did the Germans call their tanks?
Like Americans, they call their tanks "armor"; in German armor is pronounced panzer. In the US Army (during the Vietnam era) an armor crewman was a tank crewman. A German tank crewman would be called a panzer crewman.
How it the German panzer tank get its name?
The tank series got there name because Panzer means tank in german
How does the German Leopard tank compare to Americas Abrams tank?
The German leopard is far Superior to the Abram's, better gas mileage, lighter, faster, the only thing it lacks is the Abrams ridiculously think armor
What is the name of the famous German tank?
There were several famous German Tanks. One of them was the Panzer, another was the Tiger tank, and lastly, the modern-day German tank is the Leopard II.
Are tanks bullet proof?
Only to a certain amount but it does Varies on what Tank it is, How much Armor it has got and where. All Tanks should usually take normal gun bullets but when it omes to tcank shells, it only takes a certain bullet depending on the tank to destroy another tank. e.g. During WW2, The Soviets built the IS-1 Tank to defeat the German Panther and Tiger Tank, which the IS-1 had a 122mm, It was just capable to destroy the German Tiger Tank but required few direct blank shot hits due it's 120mm Armor. So as a response to the IS-1, The Germans brought out the King Tiger Tank which it had at best of 180MM of Armor. The King Tiger had 88mm Highly Explosive Gun. So Tanks are only bullet proof if the ammo hitting the tank doesn't damage or most importantly penetrate the Tank Armor.
Who invented tank armor?
The French were the first to invent a tank with armor. It was Jean Baptiste Estienne idea to add armor and artillery to a Holt tractor.
What is a tank made of?
armor
What tank can only be destroyed from behind?
The only way a US Sherman tank could hope to destroy a German Mark V Panther or Mark VI Tiger tank was to somehow get within one hundred yards, and then shoot it in the rear. Armor is heavy and this tends to be among a tank's most vulnerable areas, because the designers save weight by making the rear armor thinner. The bottom is completely unarmored, if you can get a shot at that. This was true even of the "upgunned" Sherman with a high-velocity 76MM main gun. Both German tanks could penetrate the thickest armor on a Sherman with ease at a thousand yards. The Sherman is a medium tank and the US was aware of its deficiencies in combat with German armor early on, but the US never developed a heavy tank during the war. The US hoped to make up for the Sherman's shortcomings with numbers, with partial success. The US built 88,000 Shermans, the Germans built only 1300 Tigers.
What is tank armor made of?
First you spelled armor wrong...and I dont give a crap!
Where Russian t-34 better than German tiger tanks?
Russian t-34 because their attack and speed was better but the tiger tank was slow and their attack was almost the same as Russian the tiger tank had better armor
Why was the sherman tank so bad?
1: The gun was not capable of penetrating frontal armor of German's heaviest tanks. 2: The German tanks had longer range than the Sherman---so the Sherman had to get closer. 3: The armor was not the best. 4: To lighten the weight, it used an aircraft engine that burned gasoline. This made it catch fire easily if it was hit. The tankers called it "the Bronson Burner"---a play on words as the Bronson was the name of a cigarette lighter.
What are Panzers?
Panzer literally means 'armour' in the German language, but, in WW2, the word Panzer meant 'Tank'. There were 7 different marks of Panzer, the Panzer I, II, III, IV, Panther, Tiger, and Konigstiger (King Tiger/Panther) in WW2.
