Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2 is a tier 5 medium tank from Germany in World of Tanks. This is a premium vehicle — purchased separately from the tech tree.

Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2 stats at a glance

The Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. F2 has 576 hit points , 50mm of frontal hull armor , and a top speed of 40 km/h. .

Hull & survivability

The front-to-side armor ratio is 1.7:1.

Mobility

Forward-to-reverse speed ratio is 2.7:1. Reverse speed is limited, so pre-aim and exposure timing matter more on this vehicle.

Camouflage

Available guns (1)

How Pz. IV F2 compares to its peers

There are 43 tier 5 medium tanks in WoT, including the Pz. IV F2. Its 576 HP places it in the top 24% for hit points among same-tier medium tanks (peer average: 546). Frontal hull armor of 50mm ranks in the top 81% for the class (peer average: 62mm). Top forward speed of 40 km/h is faster than 14% of peer vehicles in this tier and class.

Direct comparisons

• Pz. IV F2 vs 25TP — tier 5 medium tank from Poland
• Pz. IV F2 vs AEC — tier 5 medium tank from UK
• Pz. IV F2 vs ARMT — tier 5 medium tank from USA
• Pz. IV F2 vs Cavalier — tier 5 medium tank from UK
• See full tier 5 medium tank tier list — all 43 vehicles ranked

About this vehicle

Before the start of Operation Barbarossa, the decision was taken to improve the anti-tank capabilities of the Pz.Kpfw. IV by mounting the 50 mm Kw.K. L/60 cannon. However, battles against the Soviet T-34 and KV tanks during the summer-fall campaign of 1941 showed that it needed a much more potent gun. The 75 mm Kw.K. 40 L/43 with its prominent pear-shaped muzzle break was used as a replacement. This gun's armor-piercing shells could easily penetrate any mass-produced tank of that period from distances of over 1.5 km.

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