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===Western Front and North Africa (1939–1942)===
Saat [[Invasi Polandia|Kampanye Polandia ]] pada awal September 1939, korps tank jerman terdiri atas 1,445 Panzer I, 1,223 Panzer II, 98 Panzer III and 211 Panzer IV; kendaraan lapis baja modern hanya sekitar 10% saja dari total keselurah korps [[Wehrmacht]].<ref>Perrett (1999), p. 24</ref> tiap Divisi Panzer Wehrmacht pasti dilengkapi oleh 17 unitbuah [[Panzer I]], 18 unitbuah [[Panzer II]], 28 buah [[Panzer III]], and 14 buah [[Panzer IV]] per battalion-nya. Namun karena fungsi sebenarnya Panzer IV belum benar-benar di pakai maka banyak tank-tank ringan hancur bukan karena Tank vs Tank tapi dengan senjata Anti-Tank, Polandia sendiri meng-klaim telah meng-penetrasikan 200 tank kelas ringan di polandia.
 
[[File:Crusadertankandgermantank.jpg|thumb|right|ATank British [[Crusader tank]]Inggris passingyang amelewati burning Germanpuing Panzer IV duringdi [[Operation Crusader|Operation ''Crusader'']]Libya, late 1941.]]
 
DespiteMeski increasedmeningkatnya productionproduksi oftank thekelas mediummenengah [[Panzer IIIsIII]] anddan IVsPanzer priorIV, tomayoritas thetank pada saat [[Battle ofPertempuran FrancePerancis|GermanInvasi invasionNegara ofEropa FranceBarat]] onPada 10 MayMei 1940, thetipe majoritytank ofringan. GermanMenurut tankscatatan wereJenderal still[[Heinz lightGuderian]], types.saat According[[Wehrmacht|Angkatan toBersenjata HeinzNazi Guderian,Jerman]] themelakukan WehrmachtOperasi invadedFall FranceGelb withada sekitar 523 buah Panzer IsI, 955 buah Panzer IIsII, 349 buah Panzer IIIsIII, 278 buah Panzer IVsIV, 106 [[buah Panzer 35(t)]]s anddan ada 228 [[Panzer 38(t)]]s.<ref>Guderian (1996), p. 472</ref> Through the use of tactical radios<ref>McCarthy & Syron (2002), p. 72</ref> and superior tactics, the Germans were able to outmaneuvertooutmaneuver and defeat French and British armor.<ref>McCarthy & Syron (2002), p. 73</ref> However, Panzer IVs armed with the KwK&nbsp;37 L/24 {{convert|75|mm|in|2|adj=on}} tank gun found it difficult to engage French tanks such as [[Somua S35]] and [[Char B1]].<ref>Doyle & Jentz (2001), pp. 4–5</ref> The Somua S35 had a maximum armor thickness of {{convert|55|mm|in|2|abbr=on}},<ref>Crawford (2000), p. 4</ref> while the KwK&nbsp;37 L/24 could only penetrate {{convert|43|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} at a range of {{convert|700|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}.<ref name=Doyle4 /> The British Matilda II was also heavily armored, with at least {{convert|70|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} of steel on the front and turret, and a minimum of 65&nbsp;mm on the sides.<ref>Crawford (2000), p. 50</ref> but were few in number.
 
Although the Panzer IV was deployed to [[North African campaign]] with the German [[Afrika Korps]], until the longer gun variant began production, the tank was outperformed by the Panzer III with respect to armor penetration.<ref>Perrett (1999), p. 34</ref> Both the Panzer III and IV had difficulty in penetrating the British Matilda II's thick armor, while the Matilda's [[Ordnance QF 2 pounder|40-mm QF 2 pounder gun]] could knock out either German tank; its major disadvantage was its low speed.<ref name=Ormeno48>Ormeño (2007), p. 48</ref> By August 1942, Rommel had only received 27 Panzer IV Ausf. F2s, armed with the L/43 gun, which he deployed to spearhead his armored offensives.<ref name=Ormeno48 /> The longer gun could penetrate all American and British tanks in theater at ranges of up to {{convert|1500|m|ft|abbr=on}}, by that time the most heavily armored of which was the [[M3 Lee|M3 Grant]].<ref>Doyle & Jentz (2001), p. 21</ref> Although more of these tanks arrived in North Africa between August and October 1942, their numbers were insignificant compared to the amount of matériel shipped to British forces.<ref>Doyle & Jentz (2001), p. 23</ref>