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Marder 1A5 Mobile Camouflage System Barracuda
Marder may refer to: German military vehicles * A series of World War II tank destroyers: ** Marder I ** Marder II ** Marder III * Marder (IFV), a modern infantry fighting vehicle * Marder (submarine), a World War II midget submarine People with the surname * Arthur Marder (1910–1980), American historian * Barry Marder, American stand-up comedian * Darius Marder, American film director and screenwriter * Eve Marder, American neuroscientist * Janet Marder, American female rabbi * Larry Marder, American cartoonist * Malerie Marder, American photographer * Marlene Marder, Swiss guitarist * Maureen Marder, exotic dancer and welder whose life was the basis of ''Flashdance'' * Michael Marder, Basque contemporary philosopher * Rebecca Marder, French actress * Seth Marder, American chemist * Steven Marder, dotcom executive Other uses * Marder (Zoids), ''Marder'' (Zoids), a zoid from Zoids See also * Marten (other), "Marder" is German for the animal marten {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marder I
The ''Marder I'' "Marten" (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the ''Tracteur Blindé'' 37L (Lorraine), a French artillery tractor/armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than 300 units after the Fall of France in 1940. History From the early stages of Operation Barbarossa the Wehrmacht became aware that their ability to combat some of the Soviet tanks was inadequate. The lighter tanks then in general service, such as the Panzer II and the Czech built 38(t), were under-armoured and did not mount an adequate gun to deal with the newer Soviet tanks. In addition, the standard towed anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht, the 37 mm 3.7 cm Pak 36, was both difficult to get into position quickly and lacked the ability to penetrate the heavy sloped armour of the new Soviet tanks. What was needed was a more powerful anti-tank gun that was mobile. The Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |