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Panzer IV

Also known as Panzerkampfwagen IV, Armored Combat Vehicle 4, Mk IV Panzer, Pz IV, Pz Kpfw IV, PZ4

German WWII medium tank

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)

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Image: PzIV.Saumur.000a5s6s.jpg
Height: 2.68
Width: 2.88

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Commons category: Panzerkampfwagen IV
service entry: 1939-01-01
service retirement: 1945-01-01
total produced: 8553
Commons gallery: Panzerkampfwagen IV

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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.