Introduction

War documentary hosted by Brian Matthews and Mark Healy, published by Chronos Films in 1996 with English narration.

Sometimes referred to as, or prefixed with, the ‘German War Files’, ‘The War Archive Collection’ or ‘The War Archives’.

Outline

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 stablemate, 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 June 1967.

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Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 1996.
• Running Time: 52 minutes.
• Rating: Unknown.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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