Key facts
- Type
- Medium tank
- Place of origin
- Nazi Germany
- In service
- 1939–1945 (Nazi Germany) , 1954 –1973 (Syria)
- Used by
- Nazi Germany , Romania , Turkey, Hungary , Bulgaria , Italy , Finland, Spain , Croatia , USSR , France , Syria
- Wars
- World War II , War over Water , Six-Day War , Yom Kippur War
- Designer
- Krupp
- Manufacturer
- Krupp , Vomag , Nibelungenwerk
- Unit cost
- ~103,462 ℛ ︁ ℳ ︁ (~490,000 USD) ~115,962 ℛ ︁ ℳ ︁ With 7.5 cm KwK 40 (L/43) (~550,000 USD) USD equivalents as of 2000
- Produced
- 1936–1945
- Number span no built
- 8,553 of all tank variants
- Variants
- StuG IV , Jagdpanzer IV , Brummbär (Sturmpanzer IV), Nashorn , Wirbelwind , Ostwind
- Mass
- 25.0 tonnes (27.6 short tons ; 24.6 long tons )
- Length
- 5.92 m (19 ft 5 in) , 7.02 m (23 ft 0 in) gun forward
- Width
- 2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
- Height
- 2.68 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Crew
- 5 (commander, gunner, loader, driver, radio operator/bow machine-gunner)
- Armour
- Hull front: 80 mm (3.1 in) Hull side (upper and lower): 30 mm (1.2 in) Hull rear (upper and lower): 20 mm (0.79 in) Hull roof and floor: 10 mm (0.39 in) Schürzen : 5 mm (0.20 in) to 8 mm (0.31 in) Turret front: 50 mm (2.0 in) Turret side and rear: 30 mm (1.2 in) Turret roof: 10 mm (0.39 in)
- Main armament
- 7.5 cm (2.95 in) KwK 40 L/48 main gun (87 rounds)
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
12th SS "Hitlerjugend" division in France The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, is a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.
The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War; 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles. Its chassis was also used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun, the Jagdpanzer IV self-propelled anti-tank gun, the Wirbelwind and Ostwind self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun.