 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Panzer IVs yaive inenge hafu yesimba rematangi eGerman raivepo kuWestern Front pamberi pekupinda kweAllied muNormandy musi wa6 Chikumi 1944. Zvizhinji zvezvikamu gumi nerimwe zvepanzer zvakaona chiito muNormandy pakutanga zvaive nehurumende yakashongedzwa nebato rimwe rePanzer IVs uye rimwe rePanthers, kune huwandu hwematangi zana nemakumi matanhatu, kunyangwe zvikamu zvepanzer zveWaffen-SS zvaive zvakakura uye zvakashongedzerwa zvirinani kupfuura vamwe vavo ve Heer. Kuvandudzwa kwaiitwa nguva dzose kwePanzer IV kwakanga kwakabetsera kuchengeta mukurumbira wayo somuvengi anotyisa. Nzvimbo dzomumaruwa dzeBocage muNormandy dzaifarira kudzivirira, uye zvombo zvehondo zveGermany nezvombo zvinorwisa zvombo zvehondo zvakakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru kwazvo pazvombo zveAllied munguva yeNormandy campaign, pasinei nokupfuura kukuru kwemhepo kweAllied. Kurwisa kweGermany kwakapera pamberi pezvombo zveAllied artillery, zvombo zvinorwisa zvombo zvevarwi, zvombo zvinoparadza zvombo uye zvombo zvinorwisa zvombo, pamwe chete nemhepo dzinoputika-bhomba. Shangu dzeshangu dzerutivi dzaigona kuita kuti zvombo zvinorwisa matangi zvakadai sezvombo zveBritain zvePIAT, zvibve zvaputika, asi zvaigona kudhonzwa nenzvimbo ine makata. Vafambisi vengarava dzeGermany vaiva munzvimbo dzose dzaiitirwa hondo vakagumburwa nenzira iyo mapfekero aya aibvaruka nyore nyore apo vaifamba nomusango rakaoma. 