Tag: reconnaissance

• 76 mm Gun Tank M41 Walker Bulldog

  Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: Cold War Location: Wiemesmeer, Belgium Size does matter The M41 Walker Bulldog was designed as a replacement for the ageing M24 Chaffee light tank. In the early 1950s the US Army had started to classify their tanks by calibre instead of weight. A light tank was to be armed…

  tanks_butnothanks

  20. Jan 2023

  Cold War, Light Tank, USA

  armoured reconnaissance, armoured vehicle, Cold War, history, Light Tank, m41, military history, recce, reconnaissance, tank, walker bulldog

• 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…

  tanks_butnothanks

  15. Dec 2022

  Armoured Car, Cold War, France

  armored car, Armoured Car, Cold War, ebr 90, french army, maginot line, military history, museum, panhard ebr, recce, reconnaissance, World War 2