why did panzers have the shields that seem to be made of wood on their sides? to protect the tracks only?
Shields on Panzer Tanks
why did panzers have the shields that seem to be made of wood on their sides? to protect the tracks only?
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Re: Shields on Panzer Tanks
The armour skirts were steel plates of around 5 mm thickness. They were meant to protect against anti-tank rifles and they might have helped against HEAT charges too.
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Re: Shields on Panzer Tanks
Against HEAT charges - very efficient protection I might add.
Re: Shields on Panzer Tanks
No real comment, since this was explained, but it's about the thread title ...
Panzer literally means tank, so saying Panzer tank is akin to saying tank tank as a term. Please don't do it. A nitpick really.
Re: Shields on Panzer Tanks
Ugh, I really really hate to do this, but since you nitpicked incorrectly I have to nitpick. Panzer means armored iirc, and the full German term for a tank (at least at the time) was a Panzerkampfwagen, meaning "armored combat vehicle." Or wagon if you really want to nitpick I suppose. That's why the abbreviation is PzKw (or something like that, I am fuzzy on the exact abbreviation, sorry.)
If I messed up, someone please correct me. I might be a tiny bit off with my definition of "panzer", but I know that "armored" is in this case correct, though I think it may also be used like "armor" as well.
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Re: Shields on Panzer Tanks
Panzer = Tank (or armour (like a bug has))
Rüstung = the armour that a knight wears
gepanzert = armoured
Panzerkampfwagen = armoured combat vehicle but also shortly Tank
Panzerkraftwagen = all other armoured military vehicles of that time
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