Bundeswehr soldiers. File photoMOSCOW, June 16Retired German general Klaus Wittmann thought it was «not very smart» to call the new tank the same as the armored vehicle used by the Wehrmacht during World War II — «Panther». The military shared his opinion with the Welt channel. Wittmann is sure that the tank, which exists only in the form of a demonstration model, will not soon fall into service with the Bundeswehr, however, the name of the vehicle caused a separate concern for the former military leader. «I think it's not very smart to call this tank exactly the same as the model Wehrmacht tank, which played a big role against the Russian, then Soviet, T-34s in World War II,» the general said. The Rheinmetall concern recently presented a new Panther tank at an exhibition in France. Equipped with a 130mm cannon, the armored vehicle should be the answer to the Russian Armata, which is capable of firing guided missiles and using drones to hit distant targets. the uniform of the German military police found the motto of the Nazi concentration camps
