The “Panzerkampfwagen IV” was developed as a 20-ton course medium support tank by Krupp-Grusion and over 12,000 devices of “Pz.Kpfw. IV” were produced from October 1937 towards the end of the war as a prime tank. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.B (Vs.Kfz.622) were produced making use of (2.Serie/B.W.) Fgst.Nr.80201 – 80242. Only 42 of Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.B were finished from April to September 1938. As with the Ausf.A through E had been armed with a quick 7.5cm tank weapon and MG34 in turret. In the Ausf.B and C, a vision port and a pistol slot replaced the equipment gun and its own ball mount within the superstructure front side plate. The superstructure front plate had been made from one straight dish with all the driver’s visor, radio operator’s visor in identical flat plane. an outer armored mantle ended up being bolted to your turret front side full bowl of the Ausf.B & C, on the internal gun mantle, within the gaps involving the internal gun mantle plus the front wall regarding the turret. In the Ausf.B and C cooling air consumption and exhaust vents, three parallel horizontal louvers and two vertical supports had been built to retard projectiles and bullet splash going into the engine compartment.
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