The Panzer IV saw service in all combat theatres involving Germany and was the only German tank to remain in continuous production throughout the war. Its chassis was also used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschütz IV assault gun, the Jagdpanzer IV self-propelled anti-tank gun, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and the Brummbär self-propelled gun. The Panzer IV was the most numerous German tank and the second-most numerous German fully tracked armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Hull rear (upper and lower): 20 mm (0.79 in) Hull side (upper and lower): 30 mm (1.2 in) H, 1943 )Ģ5.0 tonnes (27.6 short tons 24.6 long tons)ĥ (commander, gunner, loader, driver, radio operator/bow machine-gunner) StuG IV, Jagdpanzer IV, Brummbär (Sturmpanzer IV), Nashorn, Wirbelwind, Ostwind G "413" in desert colours, bearing the palm tree insignia of the Afrika Korps, " Friederike" script written on the gun barrel near the mantlet
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