Category: Germany
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Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (Sd.Kfz. 140)
Type: Light Tank Nation: Czechoslovakia/Germany/SwedenPeriod: World War 2 Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany When Nazi Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938/1939, the engineering company ČKD in Prague had just completed the first ten vehicles of their new TNH model, which the Czechoslovak Army was calling „LT vz. 38“ (Lehký tank vzor 38 = light tank model…
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Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. E (Early Production) “Tiger 131”
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, United Kingdom The 57-ton Tiger was designed as a breakthrough tank to be deployed in separate heavy tank battalions under army command. With its thick armour and 8.8 cm L/56 gun, it was at no point intended to replace the medium…
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Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F8 (Sd.Kfz. 142/1)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: GermanyPeriod: World War 2Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium Already as early as 1935, the German Army had demanded artillery guns to become more mobile so that they would be able to keep up with the advancing troops. The first five prototypes of the Sturmgeschütz (based on the Panzer III chassis) were…
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Panzerbefehlswagen IV Ausf. J (Sd.Kfz. 162/2)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium The Panzer IV was the only German tank that was produced throughout the whole of World War 2. Often called the “workhorse” of the German Armour Corps, it saw service on all fronts in numerous upgraded versions from the early Ausführung A…
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Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz. 182)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: December 44 Museum, La Gleize, Belgium Heavyweights The German Tiger II (also known as Tiger Ausf. B) was the heaviest mass-produced turreted tank of World War 2. Weighing over 69 metric tons, its operational combat weight was only surpassed by its derivative, the Jagdtiger tank…
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Leopard 1A4
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Germany Period: Cold War Location: Veitshöchheim, Germany 1955 was the year of West Germany’s “Wiederbewaffnung” (= re-armament). Ten years after the end of World War 2, Germany was permitted to have an army again. The new Bundeswehr initially received American M47s and M48s, but development of an indigenous tank programme…
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Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E (Sd.Kfz. 181, Late Production)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Vimoutiers, France The giant When the Tiger appeared on the battlefield in 1942, it represented a whole new level in terms of firepower, armour protection and weight. Despite its 57 metric tons it was fairly mobile – thanks to its 700 hp V12 Maybach engine.…
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Sturmgeschütz IV (Sd.Kfz. 163)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The StuGs (“Sturmgeschütz” meaning “assault gun”) were Nazi Germany’s most-produced armoured vehicles in World War 2. Designed as an infantry support weapon, they were found to make very effective tank destroyers when equipped with longer and more…