4th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)

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4th Panzer Division
4. Panzer-Division — 4. PzDiv —
Unit insignia 1942
Active	10 November 1938 – 8 May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	German Army
Type	Panzer
Role	Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Part of	Wehrmacht
Garrison/HQ	Wehrkreis XIII: Würzburg
Engagements	World War II Invasion of Poland Battle of France Operation Barbarossa Battle of Kursk Courland Pocket
Commanders
Notable commanders	Georg-Hans Reinhardt
Insignia
1939
1940 and 1943–1945 (variant)
1942
at Battle of Kursk

The 4th Panzer Division (English: 4th Tank Division) was an armored division in the Army of Nazi Germany.

In World War II, it participated in the 1939 invasion of Poland, the 1940 invasion of France, and the 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. It remained on the Eastern Front, mainly under Army Group Centre, until it was trapped on the coast at Courland in the summer of 1944. It was evacuated by sea and returned to the main front in West Prussia in January 1945. There it surrendered to the Red Army at the end of the war.