If you believe the statistics, during the entire existence of the Third Reich, a little more than 50,000 tanks and self-propelled guns were produced in Germany - two and a half times less than in the USSR; and if we also take into account the Anglo-American armored vehicles, then the numerical superiority of the Allies was almost sixfold.

But, despite this, the German tank forces, which became the main striking force of the Blitzkrieg, conquered half of Europe for Hitler, reached Moscow and Stalingrad and were stopped only by the colossal exertion of the forces of the Soviet people. And even when the war rolled back to the west, until its last day, the Panzerwaffe remained a terrible enemy, capable of inflicting brutal blows and huge losses - both on the Western Front and on the Eastern Front.

What were the strengths of the German tank crews? How did they manage to achieve victories even with a clear inequality of power? What allowed the Panzerwaffe to terrify all of Europe? Combat training of the crews? The talent of military leaders? Excellent organization of military operations? Formidable armored vehicles?

Before this book, there was not a single work in Russian literature devoted to the history of the combat use of all types of German tanks - from Pz.I to the "Royal Tiger" - nor was there such a detailed and thorough analysis their features and capabilities, advantages and disadvantages, victories and defeats.

This book is the first.