Tag: autoloader
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T-72M
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Soviet Union Period: Cold War Location: Muzeum Uzbrojenia, Poznań, Poland The T-72 was a simplified version of the expensive, complex and troublesome T-64. Like its older sibling, T-72 was equipped with an auto-loader – which reduced the crew to three men. Because this arrangement made an upright-standing human loader unnecessary,…
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Stridsvagn 103C
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Sweden Period: Cold War Location: Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden The unusual looking Strv 103 was the world’s only operational turretless main battle tank and unique in several other aspects. It was developed in the 1950s to fulfil Sweden’s very specific requirements for defending the densely wooded country with its countless lakes,…