Chronology of World War II
Monday, May 11
Germany's Panther Tank
In March, 1942,Daimler-Benz made a prototype called VK3002(DB) which borrowed lots of factors of T-34. MAN made its sample VK3002 in February with turret equipped in the front. Hitler chose MAN`s proposal. On May 11, 1942, it got the famous name: Panther.