Tanks in the German Army
This article deals with the tanks (German: Panzer) serving in the German Army (Deutsches Heer) throughout history, such as the World War I tanks of the Imperial German Army, the interwar and World War II tanks of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS, the Cold War tanks of the West German and East German Armies, all the way to the present day tanks of the German Army of Bundeswehr. == Overview == The development of tanks in World War I began as an attempt to break the stalemate which trench warfare had brought to the Western Front.