![]() ![]() ![]() Schurzen is available as an option to improve protection against HEAT weapons from the side, and the whole thing weighs in at around 235 points, 245 with Schurzen at regular.Īlthough maybe lacking in the fancy features of other armies tanks or the masses of HE that others get, the Panzer IV H is a fantastic vehicle killer, that can also suppress and pin (As well as kill…) opposing infantry. The Panzer IV Ausf G is classed as a medium tank with 9+ armour, has a heavy anti-tank gun, and 2 medium machine guns. Around 9000 Panzer IV were built, although an exact figure is unknown. The vehicle was still in service in the Middle East, notably with Syria until the mid-1960s. With the bigger gun came better armour and this lead through to the Ausf H in 1944, and the Panzer IV would remain a potent armoured vehicle until the end of WW2. As WW2 went on however it was found that the Panzer III was incapable of being upgraded to carry the weaponry and armour necessary to fight against more modern allied armour.įollowing the invasion of France it was deemed the Panzer IV would need a weapon with greater armour piercing capability, and this lead to the introduction of the long barrelled 75mm gun In the Ausf F2. The Panzer IV was originally conceived as an infantry support tank, and was to supplement rather than replace the Panzer III. Panzer IV’s were the longest serving vehicle of the German army, entering service in limited numbers in 1936. Both of these tanks are very similar in performance, but also have a few interesting options as well. ![]() This week Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting looks at those two eastern front nemesis of the late war era, the Panzer IV Ausf H and the T34/85. ![]()
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