https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34 History, Utility, Combat effectiveness/usage en-us 2021-12-21 15:45:07 UTC 2023-11-24 23:47:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1509514710/86220646280ce6a51de2f051d2581551/maxresdefault__3_.jpg jpeterson190 https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1959110710 Towards 1943 the American M10 Tank Destroyer was a formidable enemy, being able to easily destroy Panzer VI and III's. Germany designed a tank meant to look similar to the M10 in hope of infiltrating the American lines and inflicting damage. The Ersatz M10, a modified hull that looked similar but had the same suspension as the Panther. This suspension system was different than the easily visible American version. It had a 88 cm gun instead of the 75 making it able to penetrate the most armored allied vehicles during the time. In reality so few of these were even made, with less seeing combat. Some of the features were so different the Allies, it was easy to tell it was axis.]]> 2021-12-21 16:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1959110710 jpeterson190 https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1972432386 Details the history of the rise of Panzer Divisions starting in World War I to World War II. Talks about the equipment of the Panzer Divisions at the beginning of the war vs. the more traditional counterparts used in other countries. ]]> 2022-01-03 15:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1972432386 jpeterson190 https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1972449874 The "Ghost Division" is the most notable Panzer Division of World War 2. Erwin Rommel used the panzers to perform an extreme version of the German Blitzkrieg tactic at the beginning of the war. After crossing the Meuse river, he performed an armored night attack a 11:00 pm. This stunned the defenders of the Maginot line because an armored night attack that has never even been attempted in history. After doing so, the continued to push through France covering a total of 15o miles in 24 hours!]]> 2022-01-03 16:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1972449874 jpeterson190 https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1974060146 The Tiger tank was vastly superior to the allied counterparts with 100mm frontal plate and a 88mm KwK36 cannon capable of piercing 165mm of armor in 10 meters and 117mm at 2,000 meters out. It could even kill American Shermans and British Cromwells past the 2,000 meter mark.]]> 2022-01-04 12:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1974060146 jpeterson190 https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1974091217 The Panzer IV series was considered the best tank of World War II for it's amazing combination of speed, firepower, and armor. The F2 variant shown above has a 75 mm KwK40 L43 cannon, like most of the series being able to penetrate all the tanks it fought when it was introduce. But was outmatched by M4 Shermans and Churchills which came later. Another problems was that even though they could easily kill T-34's the Russians had an exponential amount of them being able to swarm the Panzers attacking with odds around 1 to 10. ]]> 2022-01-04 12:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jpeterson190/45q2if0eyoojta34/wish/1974091217