This, it was hoped, would take significantly less time to install than a typical concrete structure and as such would ‘reduce time of exposure to enemy fire during their emplacement’. ![]() Initially it was planned to mount Panther turrets on one of the steel shelters designed by the Organization Todt that had been specially adapted for the purpose. This was a major departure for the Germans because the Panther was the main German medium battle tank, it was still in production and it was well armed with the powerful 75mm KwK42 L/70 gun. That was all to change in October of that year with the idea of using Panther tank turrets in this way. However, they tended to have thin armour and because the guns mounted were small by the standards of the day, these turrets posed little threat to Allied tanks. ![]() Turrets from captured tanks or obsolete German models were emplaced in all the major theatres. By 1943 the idea of using tank turrets as fixed fortifications was accepted practice.
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