The countries and territories in purple on the map have net average monthly salary purple â in excess of â¬4,000, blue â in the range of â¬1,500 â â¬3,999, orange â â¬500 to â¬1,499, in red â below â¬500.
The main weakness of the Panther tank was its much thinner (40-50 mm thick) side armour. The thinner side armour was necessary to keep the tank's overall weight within reasonable bounds, but it made the Panther vulnerable to attacks from the side by most Allied and Soviet tank and anti-tank guns.
As some erroneously believe, the blitzkrieg did not depend on superior tanks to win the day. In fact, German tanks on average were inferior to French tanks in 1940 and German forces depended heavily on Czech light tanks in the Polish, French, Russian, and African campaigns.