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Tauchpanzer
IV
| Specifications |
| Tauchpanzer (1940, 42 converted): A "diving
tank". Ausf D converted for Operation Sealion. All openings were sealed,
commander's cupola, gun mantlet and machine gun mount covered with rubber sheeting,
turret ring protected by inflatable rubber ring. Exhausts were fitted with non-return
valves. Air was supplied via a flexible 18-meter hose held on the surface by a
buoy. Maximum safe depth was about 15 meters, maximum underwater speed about 3
mph. Some were used by the 18th Panzer Regiment during River Bug crossing in Operation
Barbarossa. |
| Ammo | 75 mm 80 rounds
7.92 mm 2700 rounds | | Armament | 75
mm KwK 37 L/24
2 x 7.92 mm MG34
1 x MG hull
1 x MG coax |
| Armor | 50
mm to 80 mm | | Crew | 5 men
| | Engine | Maybach
HL 120 TRM / 12 cylinder/300hp | | Fuel Capacity | 470
litres | | Height | 2.68
m | | Length | 5.92
m | | Range | Road 200 km
Cross Country 130 km | | Speed | Road
40 km/h
Cross-Country 20 km/h | | Weight | 20000
kg | | Width | 2.84 m |
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