This Panzer IV or Panzerkampfwagen III Sd.Kfz. 161, has a 75 mm gun. Its frontal amor was 80 mm on the hull and 50 mm on the turret. This Panzer IV is Ausf. H coated with Zimmerit and has Schürzen Skirts. These spaced plate armored skirts was an extra armor v.s. anti-tank riffles and hollow charges. Zimmerit was a defensive layer against magnetic mines.












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