Object Name: PANZERKAMFWAGON Tank
Artist/Maker/Manufacturer/Founder: Daimler Benz
Material/Medium/Support: metal
Earliest Production Date and Latest Production Date: 1944/02/01; 1944/03/31 – 1939-1945 Second World War – its production period was between August 1943 to May 1944. This one was manufactured between February and March 1944 and was brought back to Canada in 1948.
Dimension (H x W x D in centimeters): Length 8.66 m; height 3.0 m; width 3.42 m; weight 44800 kg
Accession # 20030358-017
Institution Name: CMCC
Copyright: CMCC
Transcript
The Canadian War Museum recently restored one of Second World War’s best tanks: the rare German Panzer V (or Panther) tank. Designed to combat highly effective Soviet tanks such as the T-34 and the KV-1, the Panther showcased superior firepower, mobility, and frontal armor protection, although its complex drive and suspension systems left it vulnerable to mechanical failure. From 1943 to 1945, Germany produced 6,000 of these fearsome Panthers, which served Italy’s eastern front and in northwest Europe.
This captured Panther was part of a Victory-in-Europe Day parade in Ottawa on May 8, 1945, and was later sent to a Canadian Forces Base in Borden, Ontario, where it remained for 60 years. The military donated the tank to the Canadian War Museum in 2005 where, after a two-year, 4,000-hour, restoration project, it was placed on public display in January 2008.
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The Canadian War Museum recently restored a rare German Panzer V (or Panther), one of the Second World War’s best tanks. Designed to combat highly effective Soviet tanks such as the T-34 and KV-1, the Panther had superior firepower, mobility, and frontal armor protection, but its complex drive and suspension systems left it vulnerable to mechanical failure. From 1943 to 1945, Germany produced 6,000 of the fearsome Panthers, which saw service on the eastern front, in Italy, and in northwest Europe.
This captured Panther was part of a Victory-in-Europe (or V-E) Day parade in Ottawa on May 8, 1945, and was later sent to Canadian Forces Base Borden, Ontario, where it remained for 60 years. The military donated the tank to the Canadian War Museum in 2005 where, after a two-year, 4,000-hour, restoration project, it was placed on public display in January 2008.
Rob Coles
THE PANTHER TANK: A DANGEROUS OPPONENT FOR CANADIANS
Rob Coles,
M.A. Art History, Concordia University
Germany began developing the Panzer V Panther tank in late 1941 and it first saw action in 1943. Widely regarded as one of the best tank designs of the Second World War …
This essay was written by an M.A. student in the Department of Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
Dimension ½: Panther Tank
Andreanne Michon,
(part of Damage Measurement). 2009. Digital photograph. 170.2 x 256.5cm.
Andreanne Michon received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Concordia University, with a major…
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James Playford,
(part of series Renovation).
M. James Playford recently completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Concordia University. His photographs …
This photograph, inspired by the national treasure, was created by a student in the Department of Studio Arts (Photography), Faculty of Fine Arts, Concordia University.
