The Germany anayamba nkhondo ndi dziko la Soviet Union, pamene Wehrmacht adali ndi zida sing'anga-lolemera thanki "Panther". Kupanga makina nkhondo kufalitsidwa mu Germany mpaka kumapeto kwa 1941. Yopangidwa thanki "Panther" mndandanda wa misa ku mafakitare Krupp m'chaka 1942-43. Okwana pafupifupi 6000 mayunitsi zinalembedwa. Atangomva yopanga "Panther" wafika chandamale msinkhu, akasinja anayamba kuoneka pa amadzibisa onse European. Mu 1943, nkhondo ya Kursk zazikulu panafika akasinja mazana awiri "Panther", osati kuphatikizapo achoke ndi lamulo magalimoto.
Mu kugwa kwa 1941, ku Germany atazindikira kuti owopsa kwa iwo thanki T-34 Soviet Army, iwo anaomba Alamu ndi suspend amasulidwe thanki, misa pa mzere msonkhano. Patangotha miyezi inayi, "Panther" bwino ndipo unali anayamba pafupifupi latsopano 35 matani thanki ndi dzina lomweli. Ndipo anapezerapo angapo. Thanki "Panther" analengedwa monga kuyenera thanki T-34. okonza German mu chinachake ngakhale anakopera Soviet T-34, injini chipinda ndi waukulu kufala mzere. Koma kufanana umatha kuno. Komanso, akasinja German kuthamanga petulo ndi dizilo pa Soviet.
Mu zonse nkhondo zida thanki "Panther" matani 45, zinali makina wolemera, koma kuchepetsa thupi lakelo zinali zotheka chifukwa malire, ndipo si anaganiza. Onse broneliste nsanja Ufumuyo otsetsereka, kuti bwino kusonyeza itapita mwachindunji. thanki kutalika ndi 6860 mm, m'lifupi 3280 mm, kutalika 2990, ndi mtunda kuchokera pansi kwa thupi, ndiyo chilolezo - 565 mm. Mfuti sinali pafupifupi mamita awiri yaitali. Zipolopolo mfuti inkakhala 81 zida kuboola projectile, omwe analola kuti nkhondo mwachilungamo yaitali. Kuwonjezera pa thankiyo mfuti "Panther" anali atakonzekera ndi mfuti ziwiri makina.
Kanyama inkakhala ndi thanki 12 yamphamvu 700-ndiyamphamvu mafuta injini amene "Panther" anali pa msewu pa liwiro pafupifupi makumi asanu km / h. Chitetezo cha makina anali atasonkhana kuchokera zida kuumbidwa adagulung'undisa kwa oipa padziko. thanki zida nyumba inkakhala 40 mm, ndi gawo mazunzo anali 60 mamilimita wandiweyani. Tower m'nthiti onyamula zida ndime 45 mm, ndi mphumi ya nsanja ndi mfuti chigoba - 110 mm. Galimotoyo Panthers kupirira kulemera ndi maneuverability za makina anali pa mlingo mwachilungamo wabwino. Komabe, gulu la anthu 5 anayika ndi kuchepa kwa malo mu kumenyana chipinda.
Kumayambiriro 1943, Wehrmacht, anaganiza kuti Sinthani ndi "Panther", kutenga nkhani zikhalidwe za kum'mawa Front. Iye anawonekera thanki "Panther 2", processing makamaka nsanja chitetezo, umene wakhala kwambiri analimbikitsidwa ndi zida. The mazunzo zida anali 125 mm, ndi chigoba analandira mfuti 150 mamilimita wandiweyani zida. "Panther 2" zinakwana matani 47. kulemera phindu imalipidwa atsopano magetsi, anaika pa thankiyo injini mphamvu 900 HP Maybach ndi asanu ndi atatu HIV ndi hydraulics.
Ndipo m'malo chida anakhazikitsidwa 88 mamilimita ICC, ndi kukhala mwamsanga-mkulu malowedwe kwenikweni. Komanso, makina zida ndi zipangizo usiku masomphenya ndi chida chopezera telescopic osiyanasiyana. Rheinmetall kampani akufuna kukhazikitsa thanki ndi odana ndi ndege chitetezo dongosolo mapulogalamu. Koma panthawi imeneyi chitukuko cha thanki latsopano "Panther 2" anasiya chifukwa cha vuto lamulo German pa amadzibisa onse. Ngakhale thanki German "Panther" mu maonekedwe ake apachiyambi anapitiriza kubala mpaka kumapeto kwa nkhondo.