The Panzer I was a light tank produced by Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Its name is short for Panzerkampfwagen I (German for "armored fighting vehicle mark I"), abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. I. The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 101 ("special purpose vehicle 101"). [2]

Feb 19, 2022 · Even though it was not the first tank of the German Army, the Panzer I Ausf.A was the first German tank to enter serial production and the first German tank to see combat in large numbers. It is one of the most nondescript but also one of the most important German tanks, with over 1,190 built between late 1934 and early 1936.

The first Panzer I vehicles to be built, 15 of this variant were completed by various firms (Daimler-Benz, Henschel, Krupp, MAN, and Rheinmetall) in a program intended to develop industrial capacity and provide initial training vehicles to the Wehrmacht.

F was a design intended to modify the Panzer I tank to become a light tank with heavy and thick armor (~80mm) in order to assist the infantry in the attack operations. The initial order of 30 pieces was given on December 22, 1939, at, and also produced by …

Dec 31, 2011 · Multiple variants were created based on the hull of the Panzerkampfwagen I. The first Berge-panzer, maintenance tank, was created from it, a munitions schlepper (munitions carrier), without superstructure as well. A bridge laying variant and a flame throwing variant were also at their disposal.

I oder Panzer I; in der Wehrmacht gelistet als Sonderkraftfahrzeug (Sd.Kfz.) 101) war ein leichter deutscher Panzer der 1930er-Jahre und der Anfangsjahre des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Er war der erste deutsche Panzerkampfwagen nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg, der in Serie produziert wurde.

Panzer I Ausf.C light tank of the LVIII Panzer Reserve Corps, which fought in Normandy in 1944. With the help of the bocage and their high velocity armament, they gave good account of themselves. This tanks gun has a dirt cover over the barrel used in …

Jul 16, 2011 · Photo Gallery on a Panzer I Ausf.A, Le Panzer I is a German light tank, designed in the 1930s and used during the Spanish War and the beginning of World War II.

Jul 25, 2017 · The use of panzers in Spain by the nationalist forces became a key factor for victory on the ground during the civil war. These panzers were all based on the Panzer 1 (PzKpfw I) and the variants that participated were the Panzer 1 Sd. Kfz. 101 Ausf. A & B and the converted command/radio car…

It was first unveiled in Nuremberg in 1935 at a Nazi party rally and first saw action in the Spanish Civil War. It went on to serve in every German campaign from the annexation Czechoslovakia through to Barbarossa and the western desert.