The Panzerkeil (Armoured Wedge) was an offensive armoured tactic developed by German forces on the Eastern Front during World War II. The Eastern Front of World War II (die Ostfront 1941-1945, der Rußlandfeldzug 1941-1945 (Russian campaign or der Ostfeldzug 1941-1945 (Eastern Campaign The panzerkeil was developed in response to the Soviet employment of the pakfront defence. The Pakfront was a defensive military tactic developed by the German forces on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.
The panzerkeil was an offensive formation used by armoured vehicles, most commonly tanks. A tank is a tracked, Armoured fighting vehicle designed for Front-line combat which combines Operational mobility and tactical The tanks would form into a wedge-shaped formation, with the most heavily armed and armoured vehicles forming the tip. At the battle of Kursk, Tiger Is (Panzer VIE)would form the tip, Panthers(Panzer V) the base (where available), with the Panzer IVs and Panzer IIIs forming the wings. Tiger I ( is the common name of a German heavy Tank of World War II. The Panther ( was a Tank fielded by Germany in World War II that served from mid-1943 to the end of the European war in 1945 The Panzerkampfwagen IV (PzKpfw IV commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a Medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively Panzer III is the common name of a Medium tank that was developed in the 1930s by Germany and used extensively in World War II.
The advantage of the panzerkeil was that the anti-tank gunners of the opposing pakfront would be forced to constantly adjust their ranges due to the depth of the formation. Also, the heavily armoured Tigers and Panthers would bear the brunt of the anti-tank fire, leaving the more vulnerable tanks safe from enemy fire.
The panzerkeil achieved mixed results. During Operation Citadel, the panzerkeil enabled the spearheads of Generaloberst Hermann Hoth's 4.Panzer-Armee to break through the elaborate Soviet defences. The Battle of Kursk (Курская битва refers to a series of German and Soviet operations on the Eastern Front of World War II Hermann "Papa" Hoth ( 12 April 1885 - 25 January 1971) was an officer in the German Military from The 4th Panzer Army (German 4Panzer-Armee) was before being designated a full army the Panzer Group 4 ( Panzergruppe 4) a German Panzer Meanwhile, in Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model's 9.Armee sector, tank units using the panzerkeil tactic failed to achieve a breakthrough, and suffered heavy losses due to anti-tank fire. Otto Moritz Walter Model ('modəl (24 January 1891 – 21 April 1945 was a German general and later field marshal during World War II. The 9th Army (9 Armee was a World War II field army The 9th Army was activated on May 15, 1940 with General Johannes Blaskowitz in command
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