The Panzer IV Hitler's Rock

The Panzer IV was one of Germany's most feared weapons of World War II. Initially designed as a support tank, its massive armor and devastating cannon eventually made it the tank of choice for meeting Allied armed forces. Here, viewers will get to know the ins and outs of the Panzer IV, the last of which wasn't destroyed until 1967, when a Syrian Panzer IV was defeated at the Golan Heights by the Israeli army.

In continuous production from 1936 until 1945, the Panzer IV was the armoured 'workhorse' of the German Army in the Second World War. Designed originally as a heavy 'support' tank for its stable mate, the lighter Mark III in the Panzer divisions, it became one of the key instruments of the Blitzkrieg victories, in the early war years. This programme traces the long history of this most versatile of German tanks, and documents a combat career that finally ended with the destruction of the last Mark IV's in Syrian service by the Israeli Army on the Golan Heights in 1967.

This is a comprehensive documentary about the German Panzer V Panther Tank (Panzerkampfwagen V Panther).
Serving Germany from mid-1943 to the end of World War II in 1945, the Panzer V "Panther" tanks were intended as a counter to the T-34, and to replace the Panzer IV and III, although they served along side them and other heavy tanks until the end of the war. The Panther’s excellent combination of firepower, mobility, and protection served as a benchmark for other nations’ late war and immediate post-war tank designs and it is frequently regarded (along with the Soviet T-34 Tank) as the best tank design of World War II
The documentary runs about an hour, with good quality footages and combat scenes. The audio narration is information-intensive, providing details about its development, production, units and main battles.

This 'War Archive' set of exclusive programs brings the most comprehensive collection of the Wehrmacht's mobile fighting armor ever compiled as a definitive series.