“The engine of the Panzer is a weapon just as the main-gun.”

— Heinz Guderian

Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone.
As quoted in Die Deutschen gepanzerten Truppen bis 1945 (1965) by Oskar Munzel, p. 159

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Der Motor des Panzers ist ebenso seine Waffe wie die Kanone.

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German general 1888–1954

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