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Pada saat pelaksanaan Operasi ''Barbarossa'' pada 22 Juni 1941, ada penampakan tank baru Uni Soviet KV-1 dan [[T-34]] tank yang mana membuat Panzer IV versi 75mm senjata utama di buat yang mana artinya dapat menghantam T-34 dalam jarak 1200m. penempatan Panzer IV ini membuat tank ini sangat tersiksa oleh kondisi cuaca ekstrim tak mirip seperti di barat. tank ini tak di desain untuk medan "Tanah Timur" tapi di desain untuk medan eropa barat dan mediterania. Namun penderitaan tank ini tak berlangsung lama karena peran nya di ganti kan oleh [[Tiger I]] tapi tak begitu lama karena setelah [[Pertempuran Kursk|Kursk]] banyak Tiger I hilang dan Panzer IV mengambil peran krusial hingga akhir perang.
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The Finns bought 15 new Panzer IV Ausf J in 1944, for 5,000,000 Finnish ''markkas'' each<ref>{{cite web|title=Panzer IV|url=http://www.legionsgames.com/historicref/panzerIV.htm|work=www.legionsgames.com|publisher=Legions Hobbies and Games|accessdate=11 August 2011}}</ref> (about twice the production price). The remainder of an order for 40 tanks and some StuG were not delivered and neither were German instructors provided. The tanks arrived too late to see action against the Soviets, but were instead used against the Germans during their [[Lapland War|withdrawal through Lapland]]. After the war, they served as training tanks, and one portrayed a Soviet [[KV-1 (tank)|KV-1]] tank in the movie ''[[The Unknown Soldier (1955 film)|The Unknown Soldier]]'' in 1955.{{citation needed|date=September 2009}}
The additional weight, going from the 18.4 tons (Ausf A) to about 25 tons(Ausf J), of these modifications however strained the chassis. The overloaded and primitive leaf-spring suspension gave its crew a shaky ride, earning the Panzer IV the nickname "ravistin" ("shaker") in Finnish Service. This not only affected crew comfort but also hampered the accurate aiming of the main gun. What exactly caused this vibration that gave PzKw IVJ so bad name among Finnish tank crews remains somewhat unclear, but suspension seems to be most likely suspect. <ref>{{cite web|title=KV-1 AND PzKw IVJ TANKS|url=http://www.jaegerplatoon.net/TANKS7.htm|website=JAEGER PLATOON: FINNISH ARMY 1918 - 1945 WEBSITE}}</ref>
After 1945, Bulgaria incorporated its surviving Panzer IVs in defensive bunkers as gunpoints on the border with [[Turkey]], along with [[T-34]] turrets. This defensive line known as the "[[Krali Marko]] Line", remained in use until the [[fall of communism]] in 1989.{{citation needed|date=September 2009}}
Twenty Panzer IV Ausf Hs and ten StuG III Ausf Gs were supplied to Spain in December 1943, a fraction of what Spain had originally asked for. The Panzer IV represented the best tank in Spanish service between 1944 and 1954, and was deployed along with T-26s and Panzer Is. Spain sold 17 Panzer IVs to Syria in 1967; the remaining three are conserved. These can be found at Madrid, Burgos and Santovenia de Pisuerga (Valladolid).
Most of the tanks [[Romania]] had received were lost in 1944 and 1945 in combat. These tanks, designated T4 in the army inventory, were used by the 2nd Armored Regiment.
On 9 May 1945, only two Panzer IVs were left. Romania received another 50 Panzer IV tanks from the [[Red Army]] after the end of the war. These tanks were of different models and were in very poor shape<ref name="Scafes and Serbanescu 2005, p.78"/>—many of them were missing parts and the side skirts. The T4 tanks remained in service until 1950, when the Army decided to use only Soviet equipment. By 1954, all German tanks had been scrapped.
[[File:The British Army in Italy 1943 NA8065.jpg|thumb|220px|A captured German PzKpfw IV used for anti-tank weapon tests by British Eighth Army, Italy 1943]]
While their numbers remain uncertain, [[Syria]] received around 60 Panzers that were refurbished in France during 1950-1952, followed by 50 others purchased from [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1954.<ref>Naud, Phillipe (2011), "Les Blindes de Damas 1948-1967", in Steel Masters nº105, May–June, 2011</ref> A Soviet [[DShK]] machine gun on an anti-aircraft mount was retrofitted on the cupola. These were used to shell [[Israel]]i settlements below the [[Golan Heights]], and were fired upon in 1965 during the [[War over Water (Jordan river)|Water War]] by Israeli [[Centurion tank]]s.<ref name="Perrett 1999, p. 44"/> Syria received 17 Panzer IVs from Spain; these saw combat during the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967.<ref>de Mazarrasa (1994), p. 50</ref>
In addition, Turkey was a buyer, with 35 Panzer IV received until 4 May 1944 in exchange for some chromium. Delivery was began with Ausf G and probably went on with Ausf H versions.<ref>Official document in Turkish Republic Archive, BCA: 10.52.344.9</ref>
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