Tag: armoured vehicles

• Matilda Canal Defence Light “Dover”

  Type: Special Purpose Vehicle Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK Let there be light The Matilda Canal Defence Light was one of the “Funnies” that have been made famous by Percy Hobart’s 79th Armoured Division – although it was one of the least used types. CDL tanks were…

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  18. May 2024

  Special Purpose Vehicle, United Kingdom, World War 2

  armored vehicle, armoured vehicle, armoured vehicles, bridge of remagen, british army, canal defence light, funnies, history, hobart's funnies, leaflet tank, matilda cdl, matilda ii, military history, percy hobart, second world war, tank, tanks, World War 2

• M4A4 FL-10

  Type: Medium Tank Nation: Egypt Period: Cold War Location: National Military Museum, Cairo, Egypt Frankentank The M4A4 FL-10 was a not too creatively named up-armed Sherman version that combined the long M4A4 hull with the FL-10 oscillating turret taken from the AMX-13 light tank. This variant was designed and built in France for the Egyptian…

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  7. Apr 2023

  Cold War, Egypt, Medium Tank

  armoured vehicles, cairo, Egypt, egyptian army, military history, museum, six day war, suez crisis, tanks

• AMX-30B

  Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: France Period: Cold War Location: Camp de Suippes, France The game has changed The AMX-30 was the indirect result of a 1950s joint French-Italian-West German project to develop a standardised European main battle tank. When the partners could not agree on certain specifications such as the main gun, they went…

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  27. Dec 2022

  Cold War, France, Main Battle Tank

  amx-30, armored vehicle, armoured vehicles, french army, heat ammunition, mbt, military history, nato, obus g, tanks

• SU-152

  Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: Lubuskie Muzeum Wojskowe, Drzonów, Poland Versatile bunker buster The SU-152 was built on the chassis of the KV-1S heavy tank. Designed to attack enemy fortifications, it was replacing the T-34-based SU-122 which had been found unsuitable to fight against tanks. “SU” stood for…

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  25. Nov 2022

  Self-Propelled Artillery, Soviet Union, Tank Destroyer, World War 2

  armoured vehicles, history, military history, self-propelled gun, spg, Tank Destroyer, World War 2

• 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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  13. Oct 2022

  Heavy Tank, United Kingdom

  armoured vehicles, battle of cambrai, female tank, flesquieres ridge, history, mark iv, mark iv female, mark iv tank, museum, tank wreck, the great war, World War 1