Tag: ardennes
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Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Restaurant “Le Tank”, Celles, Belgium Gaining weight Although the Germans classified the Panther as a medium tank, its 45-ton weight was more comparable to contemporary Allied heavy tanks like the Soviet KV-1 or the American M26 Pershing. Originally the Panther had been designed to weigh…
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M24 Chaffee
Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Musée National d’Histoire Militaire, Diekirch, Luxembourg The M24 Chaffee was first put into service in late 1944. It was designed to replace the M3 and M5 Stuart light tanks which had become clearly outdated by that stage of the war. The new tank was named…
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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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M4A3E2 Sherman „Jumbo“
Type: Assault Tank/Heavy Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium The M4A3E2 was designed as an assault tank – basically a heavily armoured infantry support vehicle for breaching fortifications such as the Siegfried Line. Since development of the T14 assault tank had been cancelled and the M26 heavy tank would not…
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M4 Sherman “Ginsling”
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Wibrin, Belgium The sleeping giant At the beginning of World War 2 the US Armys’ tank force was virtually nonexistent. Even Poland possessed more tanks when they were attacked by Nazi Germany in September 1939. The Great Depression and long years of isolationism had drastically…
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