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Wicca said:
Not whatever I need to know exactly the size of their guns and the names.
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I am not an expert on which Modelles of Panzer IV were assigned to Normandy.
I can only tell, that the Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H is probably the most common, because it was produced in 1944 and in large numbers.
It has the 75-mm-KwK 40 L/48 maingun and two 7,92mm MG 34s on it.

For more informations, please look at Wikipedia or somewhere else, or wait for someone, who is really into that theme.
 
Steeperman said:
I am not an expert on which Modelles of Panzer IV were assigned to Normandy.
I can only tell, that the Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf. H is probably the most common, because it was produced in 1944 and in large numbers.
It has the 75 mm KwK- 40 L48 gun and two 7,92mm MG 34s on it.

For more informations, please look at Wikipedia or somewhere else, or wait for someone, who is really into that theme.
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Thanks bud, sorry for pressing.
 
Wicca said:
Not whatever I need to know exactly the size of their guns and the names.
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Pz.Kpfw. (Panzerkampfwagen) IV Ausf. (Ausführung) A, B, C, D, E and F1, all had KwK (Kampfwagenkanone) 37 L/24, 7.5cm low velocity gun.
Ausf. F2 and G (early) had the KwK 40 L/43 7.5cm high velocity gun.
Ausf. G (late), H and J had KwK 40 L/48 7.5cm high velocity gun.
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/Panzer_IV.php

Seriously, this is easily google-able.

edit: correction, as RoyalColor pointed out, early G-variants had the L/43 caliber cannon.
 
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It's not that easy :S

But thanks for helping guys! I need all the help I can get.
 
Id like to see the M8-Scott as nice infantry support tank granted im sure by the time of D-Day they werent very plentiful but they were still around.
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German radio controlled demolition vehicles (Goliath, Borgward IV) anyone? Just imagine the salty tears of Allied players, when you just drove an armoured bomb on tracks, that makes 40km/h, into their precious defence line :D

Eugen plz gib
 
Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausführung B/C (75 mm L48
PzKpfw IV Ausf. H (Panzerkampfwagen)
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. (Ausführung) (A, B, C, D, E and F1 37 L/24, 7.5cm low velocity gun.)
Pz.Kpfw. Ausf. F2 ( KwK 40 L/43 7.5cm high velocity gun.)
Pz.Kpfw. Ausf. (G, H, J had KwK 40 L/48 7.5cm high velocity gun.)

I added this to the OP. Please feel free to critizise it since I had so much compressed information, its hard to properly place that in a more seperate information display.
 
Wicca said:
Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. A, B, C, D, E and F1 had KwK 37 L/24, 7.5cm low velocity gun.
Pz.Kpfw. Ausf. F2, G (early production) had KwK 40 L/43 7.5cm high velocity gun.
Pz.Kpfw. Ausf. G (late production), H, J had KwK 40 L/48 7.5cm high velocity gun.
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Bolded are my corrections, and just made the formatting a little bit clearer.
 
Steeperman said:
But the most common in Normandy will be PzKpfw IV Ausf. H, if i remember correct.
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Ausf. H and J were both pretty common at this point. While the exact disposition of the tanks and their deployment locations is not something I know right off hand, the production numbers are as thus:

Ausf. H
Production began: April, 1943. Some sources indicate June, 1943. I have a feeling this is probably because it was produced out of Krupp, Vanomag, and Nibelungenwerke.
Production ended: July, 1944. Some sources suggest February, 1944. Again, I suspect it's because of the three producers.
Total made: 2,262~ vehicles. Some sources claim a higher number, but this doesn't count conversions into specialist variants.

Ausf. J
Production began: February, 1944
Production ended: April, 1945
Total made: 3,150~ vehicles. Some sources claim a higher number, but this doesn't count conversions into specialist variants.

Both fall within the time frame of the Normandy campaign, and they are the two most produced models of the Pz.Kpfw IV. Though it should be noted that the Ausf. J is a downgrade from the Ausf. H, having features removed for the sake of creating a vehicle that was easier and faster to produce.
 
Thank you guys!

This is very useful!
 
Baane said:
Both fall within the time frame of the Normandy campaign, and they are the two most produced models of the Pz.Kpfw IV. Though it should be noted that the Ausf. J is a downgrade from the Ausf. H, having features removed for the sake of creating a vehicle that was easier and faster to produce.
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It should be said that some of the things that were cut were pretty important- the turret electrical drive was gone on the J, most importantly.
 
Wicca said:
Can someone help me identify the divisons on these links?
http://www.eugensystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SteelDivision_20170320_173113.png
http://www.eugensystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SteelDivision_20170321_163921.png
http://www.eugensystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/SteelDivision_20170320_172426.png
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First screen shot: Allies is 101st. The Axis is 21st Panzer.
Second screen shot: Allies: I can't see well enough, sorry. Axis is 91st Infantry Division, 116th Panzer Division
Third screen shot: Same as the first.
 
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