No twentieth-century military organization has been as widely studied as the German war machine in World War II, and few of its components were as important, influential, or revolutionary as its armored force. Nevertheless, there are almost no truly integrated studies of the organizational, economic, personnel, doctrinal, and tactical factors that affected the panzer arm’s performance. Drawing on military documents, memoirs, battle reports, and other original sources, DiNardo fills that gap with this detailed look at the rise and fall of German armor.