Army then realized while their new Medium Tank M3 was still on the drawing board that it was already an outdated design. The origins of both designs are found in the latter half of 1940, but for very different reasons. So, let’s compare the Panther to what many consider to actually be the best tank of the war, the American M4 Sherman. This is merely an attempt to give it a pertinent evaluation. Now, this story will likely not end the debate.
Others though have seen it as yet another waste of valuable resources by the German Army, and an example of why they lost. Many have called it the progenitor of the modern tank, or even the best tank of World War II.
In the 75 years since its gun fell silent, ordnance inventory designation number Sonderkraftfahrzeug (Sd.Kfz.) 171 the Panzerkampfwagen Mark V, commonly called the Panther tank, has been heavily debated in regards to its level of success.
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