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| General Characteristics (Ausf A) | |
| Length: | 4.8 m |
| Width: | 2.2 m |
| Height: | 2.0 m |
| Weight: | 9.5 tons |
| Speed: | 40 km/h (road) - (off-road) |
| Range: | 200 km |
| Primary armament: | 20mm gun |
| Secondary armament: | 7.92mm MG34 |
| Power plant: | 140hp |
| Crew: | 3 (Commander/gunner, Driver and Loader) |
The Panzer II is a German tank used in World War II.
In 1934, delays in the design and production of the Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks were becoming apparent. Designs for a stopgap tank were solicited from Krupp, MAN, Henschel, and Daimler-Benz. The final design was based on the Panzer I, but larger and with a turret mounting a 20mm anti-tank gun. Production began in 1935, but it took another eighteen months for the first combat-ready tank to be delivered.
The Panzer II was the main battle tank of the German Panzer divisions beginning with the invasion of France, until it was replaced by the Panzer III and IV in 1940/41. Afterwards, it was used to great effect as a reconnaissance tank. The Panzer II was tested in the Spanish Civil War and used in the German campaigns in Poland, France, Denmark, Norway, North Africa and Russia. After being removed from front-line duty, it was used on secondary fronts and for patrolling.
The Panzer IIA, B, and C had 14mm of slightly sloped homogenous steel armor on the sides, front, and back, with 10mm of armor on the top and bottom. This armor proved to be ineffective against anything heavier than a machine gun, so starting with the D model, the front armor was increased to 30mm. Model F and later had 20mm of side armor, in addition.
All models of the Panzer II were armed with a 20mm KwK30 L/55 cannon. This cannon was based on the 20mm FlaK 30 anti-tank gunAnti-tank or simply AT refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. The most common forms of anti-tank systems are cannons with a high muzzle velocity, wire guided missiles in various forms, and various autocannon f, and was capable of firing at a rate of 280 rounds per minute, a very high rate for a tank. The Panzer II also had a 7.92mm machine gunA machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. Overview M2 machine gun surrounded by spent shell casings Unlike semi-automatic firearms, which require one trigger pull per bullet fired, a machine gun will mounted coaxially with the main gun.
The 20mm cannon proved to be ineffective against many Allied tanks, and experiments were made towards replacing it with a 37mm cannon, but nothing came of this. Greater success was had by replacing the regular armor-piercing explosive ammunition with an early version of APDS solid ammunition, but this ammunition was in chronically short supply.
All production versions of the Panzer II were fitted with a 140hp, six-cylinder MaybachMaybach (founded by Wilhelm Maybach) was a German manufacturer of extremely expensive, exclusive and luxurious automobiles. The company has historic roots with Mercedes-Benz. The nowadays Stuttgart-based brand is currently owned by DaimlerChrysler. Betwee HL 62 TRM engine and ZFZF may refer to: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a leading supplier of automobile transmissions. The Zermelo-Fraenkel axioms, a system of axioms in mathematical set theory. transmissions. Models A, B, and C had a top speed of 40km/h (25mph). Models D and E had a better transmission, making up for the heavier armor, giving a top speed of 55km/h (35mph). The heavier side armor on models F and later slowed the top speed back down to that of the earlier models. All versions had a range of 200km (125 miles).
Like all of Germany's World War II tanks, the Panzer II was fueled by gasoline.
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