Cov Germans pib ua tsov rog nrog USSR, thaum Wehrmacht tseem tsis tau muaj riam phom nrog lub tank hnyav nruab nrab "Panther". Kev tsim cov tsheb sib ntaus sib tua no tau xa tawm hauv Tebchaws Yelemees tsuas yog thaum kawg ntawm xyoo 1941. Panther tank yog tsim nyob rau hauv ib tug loj series ntawm Krupp factories nyob rau hauv 1942-43. Nyob rau hauv tag nrho, txog 6 txhiab units tau tsim. Sai li Panther ntau lawm mus txog qib uas tau npaj tseg, cov tso tsheb hlau luam no tau pib tshwm rau txhua qhov chaw nyob sab Europe. Xyoo 1943, ob puas Panther tso tsheb hlau luam tau koom nrog kev sib ntaus sib tua ntawm Kursk, tsis suav nrog kev khiav tawm thiab cov tsheb thauj mus los.
Thaum lub caij nplooj zeeg xyoo 1941, cov neeg German tau pom tias muaj kev phom sij npaum li cas T-34 lub tank ntawm cov tub rog Soviet rau lawv, lawv tau suab lub tswb nrov thiab tshem tawm cov khoom tsim tawm ntawm lub tank, uas tau dov tawm ntawm txoj kab sib dhos. Tsis pub dhau plaub lub hlis, Panther tau txhim kho thiab yog li kev xyaum tshiab 35-tuj tank nrog tib lub npe tau tsim. Nws tau muab tso rau hauv series. Panther tank tau tsim los ua qhov hnyav rau T-34 tank. Cov neeg tsim qauv German txawm luam theej Soviet T-34, lub cav ntim thiab cov kab xaim tseem ceeb hauv qee txoj kev. Tab sis qhov zoo sib xws tau xaus rau ntawd. Tsis tas li ntawd, German tanks khiav ntawm roj av, thaum Soviet tso tsheb hlau luam khiav ntawm diesel roj.
Hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua tag nrho, Panther tank hnyav 45 tons, nws hnyav dhau lub tsheb, tab sis nws tuaj yeem txo nws qhov hnyav tsuas yog vim muaj armor, tab sis lawv tsis kam ua li ntawd. Tag nrho cov armor daim hlau ntawm tus pej thuam tau muab ib txoj kab nqes kom zoo dua muaj kev cuam tshuam ncaj qha rau lub plhaub. Qhov ntev ntawm lub tank yog 6860 hli, qhov dav yog 3280 hli, qhov siab yog 2990 thiab qhov deb ntawm av mus rau lub hull, uas yog, qhov av clearance yog 565 hli. rab phom ntev yuav luag ob meters. Lub mos txwv load ntawm rab phom muaj 81 armor-piercing projectiles, uas ua rau nws muaj peev xwm mus ua ib tug ntev sib ntaus sib tua. Ntxiv nrog rau lub cannon, Panther tank tau armed nrog ob rab phom tshuab.
Lub zog cog ntawm lub tank muaj 12-lub tog raj kheej 700-horsepower roj av cav, uas "Panther" taug kev raws txoj kev loj ntawm qhov ceev ntawm txog rau caum km / h. Kev tiv thaiv ntawm lub tshuab yog tsim los ntawm zoo li tus dov armor nrog deg hardening. Lub cev ntawm lub tank muaj 40 hli armor, thiab pem hauv ntej ib feem yog 60 hli tuab. Lub pej thuam nyob rau hauv ob sab nqa armor nrog ib feem ntawm 45 mm, thiab lub hauv pliaj ntawm lub pej thuam thiab mantlet ntawm rab phom - 110 mm. Lub chassis ntawm Panther tuaj yeem tiv taus qhov hnyav, thiab kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub tsheb yog nyob rau theem zoo. Txawm li cas los xij, cov neeg coob ntawm 5 yuav tsum tau muab cov xwm txheej nruj hauv chav sib ntaus sib tua.
Thaum ntxov xyoo 1943, Wehrmacht tau txiav txim siab hloov kho Panther, suav nrog cov xwm txheej ntawm Sab Hnub Tuaj. Lub tank "Panther 2" tau tshwm sim, kev ua haujlwm tau kov feem ntau ntawm kev tiv thaiv ntawm tus pej thuam, uas cov cuab yeej muaj zog heev. Frontal armor ua 125 mm tuab, thiab rab phom mantlet tau txais 150 mm tuab armor. "Panther 2" pib hnyav 47 tons. Qhov kev nce hauv qhov hnyav tau them rau los ntawm kev cog qoob loo tshiab; 900 hp Maybach cav tau nruab rau ntawm lub tank. thiab yim-ceev kis tau tus mob nrog hydraulics.
Cov phom kuj tau hloov pauv, 88 mm KVK tau teeb tsa, uas tau nrawm dua thiab muaj zog tiv thaiv riam phom. Tsis tas li ntawd, lub tsheb tau nruab nrog cov cuab yeej pom kev hmo ntuj thiab telescopic rangefinder. Rheinmetall tau muab rau nruab ib lub tshuab tiv thaiv huab cua nrog kev txhawb nqa dav hlau ntawm lub tank. Tab sis nyob rau theem no, kev txhim kho ntawm Panther 2 lub tank tshiab tau nres vim qhov teeb meem nyuaj rau German lus txib ntawm txhua qhov chaw. Txawm hais tias German tank "Panther" nyob rau hauv nws thawj daim ntawv txuas ntxiv tsim kom txog thaum kawg ntawm kev ua tsov ua rog.