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The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV) Sd Kfz161, commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Itsordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. Designed as an infantry-support tank, the Panzer IV was not originally intended to engage enemy armor that function wasperfor med by the light er Panzer III. However, with the flaws of pre-war doctrine becoming apparent, and in the face ofSoviet T-34 tanks, the Panzer IV soon assumed the tank-fighting role of its increasingly obsolete cousin. The mostwidely manufactured and deployed German tank of the Second World War, the Panzer IV was used as the base for many other fighting vehicles, including the Sturmgeschtz IV tank destroyer, the Wirbelwind self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, and the Brummbr self-propelled gun, amon gst others.
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