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The 1st Panzer Army (German: 1. Panzerarmee) was a German tank army that was a large armoured formation of the Wehrmacht during World War II.. When originally formed on 1 March 1940, the predecessor of the 1st Panzer Army was named Panzer Group Kleist (Panzergruppe Kleist) with Colonel General Ewald von Kleist in command.
Panzer-Division, English: 1st Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army during World War II. The division was one of the original three tank divisions established by Germany in 1935. It took part in pre-war occupations of Austria and Czechoslovakia and the invasions of Poland in 1939 and Belgium and France in 1940.
1st Panzer Army: 211,545 personnel [4] 4th Panzer Army: 115,613 personnel [5] Total: 327,158 personnel 838 tanks, assault guns, self-propelled anti-tank and artillery pieces [6] (combined total of the 1st and 4th Panzer Armies) Of them: 300 operational 290 in short-term repair 248 in long-term repair On 1 March 1944: VII Army Corps: 29,500 ...
The Germans also built the Sd.Kfz. 265 Panzerbefehlswagen, the German Army's first purpose-designed command tank, converted from the Panzer I Ausf B, and was the primary German command tank in service at the beginning of World War II. Panzerbefehlswagen command tank Three Neubaufahrzeuge arriving in Oslo Harbour, April 1940
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The 1st Panzer Army was part of Army Group South until March and was subsequently moved to Army Group North Ukraine in April. [1] [17] The LIX Army Corps, under command of Edgar Röhricht between 22 March and 2 June, [4] stayed under Army Group North Ukraine when it was moved from the 1st Panzer Army to the 17th Army in August 1944.
The VK 30.01 (H) was intended to mount a low-velocity 7.5 cm L/24 infantry support gun, a 7.5 cm L/40 dual-purpose anti-tank gun, or a 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/28 field gun in a Krupp turret. Overall weight was to be 33 tonnes. The armour was designed to be 50 mm (2.0 in) on frontal surfaces and 30 mm (1.2 in) on the side surfaces.
In November 1942, when General Paul Ewald von Kleist was given the command of Army Group A, Mackensen took up leadership of the 1st Panzer Army in the Third Battle of Kharkov in March 1943. For his achievements in the Second Battle of Kharkov , Mackensen was honoured on 26 May 1942 with the oak leaves to his knight's cross, and was promoted to ...