Each section of the book is supported by a wealth of wartime photographs as well as diagrams showing the technical changes that were made to these tanks in the course of their careers. 1944-1945 Panzer I & II Stug III and IV Blueprint for Blitzkrieg. 6 Production began in 1935, but it took another eighteen months for the first combat-ready tank to be delivered. 8 The final design was based on the Panzer I, but larger, and with a turret mounting a 20 mm anti-tank gun. 8 The first experimental model was ready in February 1935. As well as tracing the history of the Panzer I and II, Robert Jackson's book is an excellent source of reference for the modeler, providing details of available kits, together with artworks showing the color schemes applied to these tanks. I TANKS SHERMAN TANKS PANTHER CHURCHILL TANKS PANZER IVA JAGDPANTHER & TANES TAISTEOITE. Design work on the Panzer II began on 27 January 1934. The Panzer II was an interim design, bridging the gap between the Panzer I and subsequent, far more viable armored fighting vehicles like the Panzer III and IV. The Panzer II is the common name used for a family of German tanks used in World War II.2 The official German. The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to manufacture tanks so the Panzer I had to be developed in strict secrecy, but by the time of the invasion of Poland the Wehrmacht had over 1400 of these light tanks.
The Panzer I and II played a significant part in the blitzkrieg campaigns that brought Germany such extraordinary success in the early years of the Second World War, and this highly illustrated volume in the TankCraft series is the ideal introduction to them.
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