Category: Heavy Tank
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Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E (Sd.Kfz. 181, Late Production)
Type: Heavy TankNation: GermanyPeriod: World War 2Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany Ambivalent legend The Tiger first appeared on the battlefield in 1942 and outclassed all other contemporaries in regards to size, weight, firepower and armour protection. Feared by Allied soldiers for its toughness and praised by Nazi Germany‘s propaganda machine as a wonder weapon, this…
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Saint-Chamond
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: France Period: World War 1 Location: Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France Armoured pioneer The Saint-Chamond was the second French tank ever to be fielded in May 1917. It was developed in parallel to the rival Schneider CA1, used the exact same Holt caterpillar tractor chassis and was also equipped with a…
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IS-3
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Soviet UnionPeriod: Cold War Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland Berlin tank panic The IS-3 caused a serious shock among the Western Allies when it was first presented publically while taking part in the Berlin Four Nations Victory Parade on 7 September 1945. Having just celebrated the end of…
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AMX-50/120 surbaissé
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: France Period: Cold War Location: Musée des Blindés, Saumur, France Cold war colossus The AMX-50 was a French attempt to build a functional modern heavy tank intended to succeed the archaic ARL 44 in the 1950s. The first of only five prototypes was visibly inspired by the German Tiger II and…
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Char Schneider CA1 (Replica)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: France Period: World War 1 Location: Monument National des chars d‘assaut, Berry-au-Bac, France The world’s other first tank The Schneider CA1 was the first French tank. It was designed at the same time as the British Little Willie prototype, but since both countries treated their tank programmes as secrets which might…
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Sturmpanzerwagen A7V (Replica)
Type: Heavy TankNation: GermanyPeriod: World War 1Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK The first tank battle The A7V was deployed for the first time on 21 March 1918 at the Canal de Saint-Quentin in Northern France. The first tank-on-tank engagement in history would take place only a month later. On 24 April three German A7Vs…
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Sturmpanzerwagen A7V (Replica)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 1 Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany Difficult decisions The A7V was the first and only operational German tank of World War 1. When the first British Mark Is had been crawling across the battlefield on the Somme in September 1916, the German reaction (aside from a historical…
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Mark V (Male)
Type: Heavy TankNation: United KingdomPeriod: World War 1Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK End of the line Concluding the evolutionary process that had started with the Mark I, the Mark V was the third and last major operational British heavy tank of World War 1. Around 400 Mark Vs were produced until the Armistice of…
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Mark IV (Female)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 1 Location: Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum, Flesquières, France Counting rivets The Mark IV was arguably the most important British tank of World War 1. From the summer of 1917 until the Armistice on 11 November 1918, Mark IVs were involved in virtually every major battle on…
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Mark IV (Male)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 1 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK Clever refinements The Mark IV‘s production began in March 1917 and was carried out at several factories in England and Scotland. As the long six-pounder guns on previous tanks had had a tendency to get stuck in the ground…