The 13th Panzer Division (English: 13th Armoured Division) was a unit of the German Army during World War II, established in 1940. The division was organized under the code name Infantry Command IV ( Infanterieführer IV ) in October 1934.

However, during the later parts of 1943, it was largely replaced by later versions of the Panzer IV and Panzer V "Panther". Its assault gun chassis variant, the Sturmgeschütz III , was, with just over 9,400 units built, the most widely produced German armored fighting vehicle of World War II.

The Panzerkampfwagen III (Pz.Kpfw. III), commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was Sd.Kfz. 141.

The 13th Panzer Division was formed in Vienna in October 1940 from the German 13th Motorized Infantry Division and was immediately sent to Romania for training. It served in Operation Barbarossa as part of Panzer Group 1 (Army Group South), and it contributed to the successful encirclements of the Soviet forces at Lublin and Kiev. At the end of ...

The 13.Panzer.Division, employed as a “fire brigade” like many other Panzer divisions at that stage of the war, now operated in individual mobile Kampfgruppen, made up of tanks, anti-tank SP’s, and armored infantry, fighting numerous delaying actions by actively engaging the enemy in stabbing counterattacks, causing him significant losses.

Following the Fall of France in June 1940, on October 11, 1940, the division was reorganized as the 13th Panzer Division (13. Panzer-Division ). It participated in Operation Barbarossa (the invasion of the USSR) in 1941 and the advance on the Caucasus in 1942.

On June 22, 1941, the 13th Panzer Division was part of III Corps in 1st Panzergruppe in Army Group South and operated in the areas of Uman, Kiev, and Rostov until the end of the year. Panzer strength in mid-September, 1941, after replacements and repairs.

El 13a División Panzer (Español: 13a División de Armadura) fue una unidad del ejército alemán durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, establecida en 1940. La división se organizó bajo el nombre en clave Comando de Infantería IV (Infanterieführer IV) en octubre de 1934.

During the invasion of Poland, the troops of the division committed war crimes, including reprisal killings, using civilians as human shields, and destroying a medical column. The 13th Panzer Division was a unit of the German Army during World War II, established in 1940.

Panzer-Division fu una formazione corazzata tedesca della seconda guerra mondiale creata a partire dalla 13. Infanterie-Division (mot). Inizialmente venne inviata in Romania per addestrare le truppe del posto, ma presto venne trasferita in Unione Sovietica dove …