Tag: museum
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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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AMX-13 (Modèle 1958)
Type: Light Tank Nation: France Period: Cold War Location: Cavaleriemuseum, Bernhardkazerne Amersfoort, Netherlands Long-lasting success The AMX-13’s development started in 1946 when the French Army needed a lightly armoured air-portable vehicle to support paratroopers and carry out reconnaissance missions. It was designed by the Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux who would later go on to develop…
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Panhard EBR 90 F2
Type: Armoured Car Nation: France Period: Cold War Location: Musée de l‘Abri de Hatten, France What you see is what you get The Panhard EBR was an armoured reconnaissance vehicle and that is literally what “EBR” stood for: “engin blindé de reconnaissance”. Wheeled vehicles were generally deemed faster than tracked vehicles and – important for…
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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: Musée Royal de l’Armée, Bruxelles, Belgium Overproduction The Mark IV was the world’s first mass-produced tank. Although introduced in 1917, from a technical standpoint it was not much different from 1915’s “Mother” prototype: The machine still required four men just for driving. When General…