OK, I looked up the wording:
“Instead of attacking during your assualt phase”
It can only be used on your own assault phase.
You are right on.
There was thread before in which we discussed German tanks… The Tiger saw the battlefield before the Panther in mass action. The Panther’s Set I stat card says 1942, but wasn’t used in numbers until Kursk versus the Soviets until 1943. The Panther tanks made in 1942 were prototypes. The Tiger saw action in numbers for the first time near Leningrad in '42.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzerkampfwagen_V_Panther
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_I
And for those who hate the Croc:
Tank Produced
Panzer I 3000
Panzer II 3500
Panzer III 5644
Panzer IV 9000
Panther 4814
Tiger 1350
King Tiger 484