Tag: russo-ukrainian war
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T-72B (Ukraine Memorial)
Type: Main Battle Tank Nation: Soviet Union/Russia Period: Cold War/Modern Location: Embassy of the Russian Federation, Berlin, Germany Ageing backbone Following 1978’s T-72A, the T-72B was the second upgraded version of the standard T-72 Main Battle Tank. First introduced in 1985, it featured an improved 125mm gun and fire control system, a more powerful engine…
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T-34/85
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: Kienitz, Germany Late-war upgrade The T-34/85 was an improved version of the Soviet Union’s standard medium tank of the Second World War. First produced in January 1944, the new model was a much more efficient combat vehicle due to its 85 mm gun and…
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Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery Nation: USA/UK/France/Italy/Germany Period: Cold War Location: Nationaal Militair Museum, Soesterberg, Netherlands Arms race at a snail‘s pace The MLRS was a joint American, British, French, Italian and West German cooperation to develop a highly mobile self-propelled artillery system for attacking a target area with large amounts of firepower. Compared to the pinpoint…
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Panzerhaubitze 2000
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery Nation: Germany Period: Cold War Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany State of the art The Panzerhaubitze 2000 is Germany‘s most modern gun-based self-propelled artillery system. Development had started in 1987, but it took until 1998 for the first vehicles to be issued to the Bundeswehr as a replacement for the venerable M109.…
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Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer 1 Gepard B2L
Type: Anti-Aircraft Vehicle Nation: Germany Period: Cold War Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany An expensive piece of kit The Gepard was Post-War Germany‘s only indigenous gun-based anti-aircraft vehicle. In 1976 the Bundeswehr received the first of about 400 units. The system was based on the lengthened chassis of the Leopard 1, but because of its…
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