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The Germans tried to land tanks in World War II to fight against the British and French tanks, but their industry was so tense that only some of the major A7Vs saw action Another reason so few A7Vs was that most of the production capacity was devoted to submarines, artillery and transport only about two dozen were produced A7Vs It is essentially a large armored box on a chassis with a modified tractor Holt crew of 18 men in its superstructure height.
Most German units used beutepanzer captured tanks to equip their men Three sections were equipped A7Vs and six were equipped with tanks beutepanzer Some of the males captured tanks were refitted with 5 Sokol 7 cm guns.
There were plans to build a reservoir of light on the many automotive chassis that were available, but the end of the war have stopped development From 1917 to 1919 Experimental half tracked vehicles and tracked were developed at the Daimler plant Berlin Marienfelde None of them were capable enough to fight.
With the loss of the First World War, under the terms of the Versailles Treaty, all tanks were removed from German forces and no development of any kind of authorization from the Heer army was only allowed to have 100,000 soldiers were called the combined branches of the military defensive Reichswehr German armed forces.
The Reichswehr were not allowed to have 105 carriers who weren t allowed to be transformed into armed vehicles.
However, Schutzpolizei State police were allowed to use armored vehicles for internal Police Some of them had turrets with machine guns, rear steering and four-wheel drive.
Having removed all the tanks of their army when they reset later they had to do it from scratch and develop all new reservoir models.
The Treaty of Versailles said the Navy could have 15,000 sailors.
The Treaty of Versailles also said that 20,000 had to be returned or destroyed and therefore no military aircraft could be built.
The Harz Mountains in 1921 drills with motorized combat troops Kraftfahrkampftruppen were conducted.
Hans von Seeckt was commander in chief 1919-1926 and during that time he wanted to reorganize the Heer into a more mobile fighting force, he began using war games for training purposes, he advocated that orders given to the commanders had to be short and direct, leaving the local commander the ability to choose how to fulfill the mission and this was known as Auftragstaktik.
In 1924, Hans von Seeckt wrote in a manual of the German army after the tanks have been perfected they would be used in the mobile war.
In 1924, Ernst wrote Volckheim Tanks in Modern Warfare and German tanks in World War II, he predicted that the tanks would be faster, mobile and independent infantry and Calvary He also advocated the use of radios in all vehicles.
Sweden has bought design Leichter Kampfwagen which was developed by Daimler They modified the tank buy add a rotating turret There was also a secret agreement with Sweden, which has accumulated a lot of technical information for designers Germans of German tanks spent a lot of time learning the design and production of LK II.
Heinz Guderian Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-139-1112-17.
In Sweden, Heinz Guderian was able to drive a Stridsvagn Strv 21 m in 1929 during an official visit.
The German's have developed a strategy known Vernichtungsgedanke concept name annihilation This is where German forces fall on the flanks of an enemy, surround and destroy it.
After the Nazis came to power most of this secret has been abandoned and the development of the reservoir was more outdoors Manufacturing has taken the opportunity to develop new weapons.
The April 16, 1922, the Treaty of Rapallo with the Soviet Union was signed part of the agreement was that Germany and the Soviet Union would share in military technology.
This allowed the Germans to develop their agricultural tractors and test in Kazan, Russia, in addition to Sweden Aircraft were also tested in Kazan Heinz Guderian was one of many German officers who formed in Kazan.
In exchange for Soviet officers were in Germany for training, including Gyorgy Konstantinovich Zhukov.
The Germans also learned lessons from the pioneers of British tanks Liddell Hart and Heinz Guderian Fuller was one of the main architects of the development of Panzer strength He wanted to find ways to end the static conditions that occurred in World War I World
General Hans von Seeckt also studied Fuller and Liddell Hart.
In 1922, Captain Heinz Guderian was a communications specialist who has been promoted to the service of the Inspectorate transport troops While there, he started reading about tank warfare, he said he was mainly books and articles in English, Liddell Hart and Fuller Martel that excited my interest and got me thinking.
Soon, he began writing his own articles, he was able to climb the ladder of promotion and many wondered if the tanks of the day would be able to live until Guderian wrote about.
As a lieutenant colonel, he was appointed Chief of Staff to General Oswald Lutz to the Inspectorate of motorized troops in October 1931, with Lutz Guderian was able to develop the structure of armored tanks and recommend models A design was a medium tank, armed with a 75mm gun, fighting against enemy tanks, and a light tank with a 50mm gun, which would be used for reconnaissance Unfortunately, the head of the defense Office and inspector of Artillery estimated that a 37 mm gun was more than adequate.
Many in the German army hierarchy resisted Guderian ideas, but it is said Hitler watched one of events and told Guderian's what I want That's what I'm having.
On November 20, 1938, he was promoted General and appointed Chief der Panzertruppen mobile troops Her experience in communications allow him to insist that all vehicles have radio control vehicles and specialized built Another important feature was to be able to communicate with the plans ground attack Luftwaffe to provide support to the air.
The tactics that were proposed by Guderian involved a concentrated strike force schwerpunkt who break the line of the enemy, he said they should focus on a front of not more than 5,000 yards wide That would be operated by concentrate forces quickly in a torrent expanding that lead deep into the enemy's rear This would also lead to the disruption of communications and products of the enemy.
Antitank guns would be forced to put up points where the panzers could retreat by if they were counterattacked by enemy armor After antitank guns had blunted the attack against then panzers would again attack the enemy of the enemy.
During the winter of 1923 to 1924 Lieutenant Colonel Walther von Brauchitsch organized training to test the coordination of aircraft and motorized troops.
In 1922, some of the limitations of the Versailles Treaty has expired and January 1, 1924, the Focke Wulf Flugzeugbau was created Arado-Handels later Arado Flugzeugwerke was established in April 1925 Messerschmitt AG was founded in 1926. In 1926, the airline Aero Lloyd and Junkers joined to form Deutsche Lufthansa.
A training program was launched in 1925 which was to train soldiers in close cooperation between service weapons.
The secret development of three light tanks and two medium tank prototype began light tanks would weigh May 9 tons and supports up to 21 tons.
The first was a light tank similar to the British Vickers Medium Mark II was designed by Rheinmetall Borsig Berlin Tegel and D sseldorf and light tractor codenamed Leichter Traktor The next big was developed in 3 versions called big tractor Grosstraktor There were about 20 tons and we similar to the tank Vickers Dr Ferdinand Porsche designed the Grosstraktor I and it was built by Daimler-Benz with a 75 mm gun Rheinmetall built Grosstraktor II mounted a 105 mm gun the Grosstraktor III was built by Krupp.
In 1926, Major General Alfred von Vollard-Bockelberg became leader of the troop transport Survey and in 1927 he began to train transportation officers in the theories of armored warfare, he founded the teachings on Armed brochure UK interim Instructions for armored vehicles full 1927 large-scale maneuvers were performed with cardboard tanks and cars with cardboard or wooden shells that look like tanks.
Then he went to the Ordnance Department in 1929 and stayed there until 1933, he was responsible for the acceleration of the mechanization of the army, he also formed the first moto and mechanized reconnaissance units has also contributed to the design phase of PzKpfw PzKpfw I and II.
It became clear in 1930 that actual reservoirs were necessary for the formation of armored personnel.
Some felt that a reservoir of light aircraft carrier, similar to the product could be Carden-Loyd However, German industry still had not been prepared or capable of producing such a vehicle in the quantities that the German army needed.
In January 1933, the Nazis came to power, and March 15, 1935, Adolf Hitler repudiated the Treaty of Versailles and announced that Germany rearm The development of agricultural tractors began to be developed in Germany itself were called landwirtschaftliche Schleppern S the first prototypes were ready in December 1933 and first raced February 3, 1934 the end of July an order of 150 vehicles were placed Henschel und Sohn GmbH in Kassel This is the PzKpfw is.
Compulsory military service was taken in March 1935.
On October 15, 1935, the first 3 Panzer divisions were formed, and the second was commanded by Guderian They had to have 561 tanks each However, German industry could not meet the necessary vehicles The 4th 5th Panzer divisions were formed in 1938, and 10th Panzer Division in April 1940, consisted of.
To support infantry operations, there were two independent armored brigades and one independent panzer regiment formed.
Cavalry units were mechanized in 4 light divisions The consisted of.
The German military didn t for the beginning of the war to happen before 1942 at the time they expected the heavier tanks became available.
Experimental vehicles were identified by a prefix VK Volkettenfahzeuge tracked vehicle and the following two numbers were the weight, the next 2 the number of prototypes and sometimes at the end brackets is the manufacturer Once he was in service, was given the name AFV Panzerkampfwagen, which was sometimes abbreviated PzKpfw or PzKw Then it was designated by an I-VI class in these Ausf models hrung beginning has received All vehicles have received a number inventory Ordnance Sonderkraftfahrzeug - SdKfz.
The different vehicle series have been assigned different numbers of SdKfz.
The production of tanks began in earnest in the 1930s Most tanks were too light for combat and 2 great models are under development The Zugf enterprise commander vehicle hrerwagen and the vehicle of the commander of hrerwagen battalion Bataillonf were be known as the PzKpfw III IV PZKPFW IIs is respectively were designed as training vehicles only until Ills IVs came off the production lines.
The Heereswaffenamt f 6 office of army weapons, weapons inspection 6 was responsible for approving designs and control of vehicles.
In the 1930s the British Army officer Captain Norman Baillie-Stewart was convicted of passing secrets on the British Vickers separate tank to the Germans.
On 1 March 1935, Adolf Hitler revealed the existence of the ring Luftwaffe Hermann G made its commander at the end of 1935, the aviation industry manufactured more than 300 aircraft per month.
In Mecklenburg maneuvers Panzer Division was publicly shown This exercise used 800 tanks and 400 aircraft.
Heinz Guderian Panzer Actung published in 1937 One of his arguments was that Germany had to fight a quick war as a prolonged struggle would eventually lead to a shortage of raw materials for the manufacture of weapons.
Hitler had sent a German contingent to support Franco Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War it was that the army realized that the PzKpfw I was insufficient as a combat vehicle.
Major Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma led the 88th Armored.
Whenever possible captured Russian T-26S and BTs were added to armored units.
Antiaircraft guns have been tested successfully in attacks against ground targets such as bunkers and tanks The 8 8 cm Flak 90 used guns ammunition against ground targets.
During the occupation of Austria in 1938 weaknesses in the new reservoirs were presented and the advantages of long-range mobility The 2nd Division Panzer Corps Guderian covered 420 miles in 48 hours.
About 30 tanks broke down before reaching Vienna.
During the occupation, on 15 and 16 March 1939, it was shown that the panzer divisions could run on frozen roads and cross country A division of Panzer went over 100 miles without ventilation.
Some crews still didn t have the experience to solve the mechanical problems that occurred in March.
Once the recovery was complete the German army more than 469 tanks Another award for the Germans are the Skoda works at Pilsen, which has produced many military weapons.
The Germans invaded Poland September 1, 1939, they had about 3,200 tanks of these 1445 were PzKpfw is 1223 PzKpfw IIs 98 and 211 PzKpfw III PzKpfw IVs The others were Czechoslovak tanks.
Six panzer divisions were used 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 10th also unit test Ordnance Departments, the Panzer Lehr battalion, was also used the Panzer Lehr also had PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IVs.
There were also four motorized infantry divisions, 4 light divisions and 40 infantry divisions used.
The Luftwaffe had 4840 aircraft with 1,750 of them bombers and 1,200 fighters aircraft production was 1,100 per month.
After Poland, the light divisions were expanded and became the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Panzer divisions.
After the capture and review of British and French tanks, the Germans began to focus their designs on tanks with superiority in firepower future designs required to have enough firepower to defeat the designs of future Britain.
The Luftwaffe tried to subdue the British armed forces without heavy bombers and poor management, they were unable to conquer England The Heinkel He 111 and Dornier Do 17 were simply not well enough armed to defend against British fighters could they bear a considerable load.
The Messerschmitt Bf 110 was intended to be a long-range escort, but in the end, he needed his own escort.
The 15th Panzer Division and Panzer Division 5 Light were sent to North Africa in February 1941.
The 5th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th and 16th Panzer reserve divisions were involved in the attack against Yugoslavia in 1941 April.
The 2nd and 5th Panzer divisions were used during the invasion of Greece.
After meeting with 76 T-34 in 1941, the German design offices went to work on the design of tanks with even bigger guns and thicker armor.
The great distances and dust quickly wore out engines then set winter and froze most engines.
Demand for tanks during the war production exceeded the maximum amount of products in a month reservoirs was 720.
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