Regarded by many as one of the greatest tanks ever built, the German
Panther is probably the finest medium tank of the Second World War and
certainly the most numerous German panzer in wartime service, with some
7,000 built. It combined firepower, armour protection and mobility that
was unmatched by any other tank of the period. In the Panther Tank
Enthusiasts' Manual, author Mark Healy looks at the development,
construction and fighting qualities of the Panther, as well as including
insights into what it was like to operate and maintain. He focuses on
surviving Panthers at the German Armour Museum in Munster (Panther Ausf
A) and the later Panther Ausf G at the Tank Museum, Bovington, as his
centrepieces and draws on a range of documentary and photographic
information sources in Germany, the USA and France.