By the summer of 1941, Hitler's tank troops were rightfully considered the best in the world. It was the German tankers who always went to the tip of the blitzkrieg. It was Panzerwaffe who became the armored fist with which the Wehrmacht destroyed the defenses of the enemies of the Reich - until it collided with the Red Army on the battlefield. The first defeats on the Eastern Front gave a new impetus to the development of German tank forces - their structure and tactics were improved from year to year, new models of armored vehicles were adopted, the number of tank divisions grew, units of a new type were created (such as individual battalions of heavy tanks) - only the highest level of combat training of personnel remained unchanged. But neither the courage and skill of the tank aces, nor the formidable Panthers and Tigers saved the III Reich from disaster and unconditional surrender. This book is the most complete encyclopedia of Panzerwaffe, tracing the entire history of German tank forces from birth to defeat, from the first triumphs in Europe to death in surrounded Berlin under the blows of the Red Army.