These early Marder IIs had a very high silhouette ( 2. 60 m high ), thin armor of only 30 mm ( front ) and 10 to 15 mm ( sides ).

The various Marder IIs fought on all fronts of the war, mainly at the Eastern Front.

The designation Sturm ( assault ) reflected the division's increased strength, which eventually included subordinate Sturmgeschutz ( assault gun ) Heavy Mortar and Nebelwerfer ( rocket launcher ) battalions and a tank destroyer unit equipped with Marder IIs, as well as extra regimental artillery support.

An example of the development of tank destroyer technology throughout the war are the Marder III and Hetzer vehicle, that were very different in spite of being based on the same chassis: Marder was straightforwardly an anti-tank gun on tracks whereas Hetzer traded some firepower ( its Pak 39, designed to operate within the confines of a fully-armored fighting compartment, fires the same projectiles from a reduced propellant charge compared to Marder's Pak 40 ) for better armor protection and ease of battlefield concealment.

Captured Soviet anti-tank guns were mounted on modified Panzer II chassis, producing the Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun.

The two vehicles described in the film as Panzers were meant to portray Marder III tank destroyers.

The Jagdpanzer 38 ( t ) succeeded the Marder III ( based on the same chassis ) in production from April 1944 ; about 2584 were built until the end of the war.

Image Comics Executive Director Larry Marder is quoted as saying " He was making an increasing number of business decisions that were counterproductive to being a business partner ".

The result was the Marder series, which were armed with either the new 7. 5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank guns or captured Soviet 7. 62 cm F-22 Model 1936 field guns, large numbers of which had been acquired early in the war.

Development of the Marder ran from January 1960, when the first development contracts were issued, to 7 May 1971, when the first production vehicles were given to the German army.

** Marder 1 A2 ( 1984 – 1991 ): Between 1984 and 1991, all German Marder 1's were upgraded to A2 standard, this included substantial modification of the suspension, fuel tanks, cooling system and water-jet cleaning system.

The vehicles proved to be extremely useful and were praised as a great tactical asset by German troops: " Thank God (...) the Marders came and held down the enemy ", a German Panzergrenadier said when his whipsawed unit was relieved by forces employing Marder IFVs.

The Marder series were tall and had open crew compartments.

Most Marder I's were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L ( Lorraine ), a French artillery tractor / armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than three hundred after the Fall of France in 1940.

The result was the Marder series, which were armed with either the 75 mm PaK 40 anti-tank guns or the captured Soviet 76. 2mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun, of which large numbers had been captured.

Between July and August 1942, 170 Marder I's were built on the Lorraine chassis.

Several other French and Polish tanks were also used as a conversion base for the Marder I, including the Hotchkiss H39 and FCM 36, though these were only built in small numbers.

The first Lorraine-based Marder I vehicles were sent to the Eastern Front in 1942 to serve in the Panzerjäger ( tank destroyer ) units of infantry divisions.

This is a list of Infantry Divisions operating on the Eastern Front known to have used Marder I's and the estimated time frame they were used

* Brazil purchased 4 Roland 2 systems on the German Marder chassis along with 50 missiles, all of which were retired from service in 2001.

One was created for the film using the chassis of a Czech-built Panzer 38 ( t ) tank similar to the construction of the original Marder III ; the other was a cosmetically modified Swedish SAV m / 43 assault gun, which also used the 38 ( t ) chassis.

The American Point System was proposed by taylor porter of Marder Luse & Company in Chicago in the 1870s, and his point system used the same method of size division as Fournier ’ s ; viz.

This Marder II had a redesigned ( widened ) fighting compartment and used the German 75 mm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.

The Marder is also used as a carrier for the Roland air defence system.

The MILAN-ATGM is used by dismounted Panzergrenadier fireteams ( which consist of six soldiers due to the number of soldiers carried by the Marder and Puma IFVs ), as well as attached to the Marder turret to provide the IFV with enhanced anti-armour capabilities.

The division is known to have used Marder Is from January 1943 to December 1943.

The point was first used in the United States in 1878 or 1872 by a Chicago type foundry ( Marder, Luse, & Co .).

Other writers have explored the application of Objectivism to fields ranging from art, as in What Art Is by Louis Torres and Michelle Marder Kamhi ( 2000 ), to teleology, as in The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts by Harry Binswanger ( 1990 ).

A 1972 edition has notes by Daniel Marder.

Marder developed better financial planning and had some success in disciplining creators to deliver their work on time, in part by insisting that retail orders for new issues would not be solicited until the books had been illustrated, usually ensuring they would be ready to ship when promised.

This focus on non-studio comics increased when Valentino took on the role of Image's publisher, assuming many of the responsibilities held by Marder until he left the company in 1999.

* " Flea Circus ", song by Marder in the film FAQ About Time Travel ( 2009 )

The famous Marder II " coal thief "-recognizable by the cartoon painted on both sides-on the Eastern Front ( World War II ) | Eastern Front in 1943.

The vehicle was developed by a German and Argentine team of engineers, and was based on the chassis of the German Marder infantry fighting vehicle.

The Marder ( German for " marten ") is a German infantry fighting vehicle operated by the German Army as the main weapon of the Panzergrenadiere ( mechanized infantry ) from the 1970s through the present day.

The Marder is currently being replaced by its successor, the Puma.

The Marder is powered by an MTU MB Ea-500 six-cylinder liquid cooled diesel engine which develops approximately 600 horsepower at 2, 200 rpm.

The Marder is propelled by a Diehl track which can be fitted with rubber road pads.

The Marder 1A3 is the currently most common version of this system, and is in service with the German Bundeswehr, the Marder 1A4 differs from the 1A3 only by the use of a cryptography-capable radio-set.

A simplified version of the Marder is also employed as an infantry fighting vehicle, mortar carrier and rocket launcher by the Argentinian Army, realising most of the versions originally planned for the Bundeswehr and later abandoned due to costs and / or the availability of cheap alternatives like the M106 mortar carrier.

** Marder 1 A5 ( 2003 – 2004 ): Additional anti-mine armor and completely remodeled interior in order to avoid blast and shock injuries to the crew when hit by a mine.

In June 2011, A German Marder was destroyed near Kunduz by a 200kg IED, killing one soldier and injuring five others.

The original office of the Duck Corporation was founded in New York City by Daniel B. Miller, Victor Yurkovsky, and Stan Marder.

Today the main Infantry fighting vehicle of the Panzergrenadier in Germany is the Marder IFV which is going to be replaced by the Puma IFV beginning in 2010.