A medium [[tank]] deployed by [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] in [[World War II]] from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945. It was intended as a counter to the [[Soviet]] [[T-34]], and as a replacement for the [[Panzer III]] and [[Panzer IV]]. While never replacing the latter, it served alongside it and the heavier [[Tiger I]] until the end of the war.

Until 1944, it was designated as the [b]Panzerkampfwagen V Panther[/b] and had the ordnance inventory designation of Sd.Kfz. 171. On 27 February 1944, [[Adolf Hitler]] ordered that the Roman numeral V be deleted from the designation.

h4. See also

* [[List of Ground Vehicles]]

h4. External links

* "Wikipedia: Panther tank":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_tank
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