PzKpfw I PzKpfw II Scarcely combat-worthy, this two-man vehicle was intended for panzer training in maneuver and tactics   Intended for a reconnaissance role rather than as a battle tank, the PzKpfw II was the type of tank used in greatest numbers in the German campaigns in the West in 1940       PzKpfw III   StuG (SturmGeschütz) This vehicle was intended as the principal battle tank of the German armored forces, and served well until into 1943, with heavier armament and armor in later versions   The assault gun was an armored self-propelled weapon for the support of the infantry, but became also an excellent tank-killer      PzKpfw IV PzKpfw V Panther Originally planned as a 75mm gun support vehicle for the PzKpfw III, the PzKpfw IV became the vital backbone of the Panzer army, continiously being up-gunned and up-armored The best medium tank of WWII, armed with a high velocity 75mm gun. The Panther's origin can be attributed to the influence of the well-sloped armored Russian T-34     PzKpfw VI Tiger I PzKpfw VIB Tiger II The Tiger created the deepest impression of all German tanks, its powerfull 88mm gun and heavy armor making it almost invulnerable   A more powerfull version of the Tiger I with the sloping glacis plate like the Panther, the King Tiger was a heavy but most formidable fighting machine of WWII