The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161.Designed as an infantry-support tank, the Panzer IV was not originally intended to engage enemy armor—that function was performed by the lighter Panzer III. However, with the flaws of pre-war doctrine becoming apparent and in the face of Soviet T-34 tanks, the Panzer IV soon assumed the tank-fighting role of its increasingly obsolescent cousin. The most widely manufactured and deployed German tank of the Second World War, the Panzer IV was used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including tank destroyers and self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. (source)Tank Class: Tank Boarding level: 12 Fire power: 491/4.25 (+14) Attack power/sec: 115.62 (+3.38) Speed: 46 Shell speed: 126 (-3) Shell capacity: 87 Duration: 4050 Front armor: 50@60 (-@18) Side armor: 30@90 Rear armor: 20@70 (-@11) Prior to the 6 November 2009 Patch Boarding level: 12 Fire power: 477/4.25 Attack power/sec: 112.24 Speed: 46 Shell speed: 129 Shell capacity: 87 Duration: 4050 Front armor: 50@78 Side armor: 30@90 Rear armor: 20@81 | Real tank |
