Tag: Tank Destroyer
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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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76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18 Hellcat
Type: Tank Destroyer Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: MM Park France, La Wantzenau, France Seek, Strike, Destroy The US Tank Destroyer branch had been created as a rapid response force to counter massed enemy tank attacks – their motto being „Seek, Strike, Destroy.“ They therefore required well-armed and highly mobile vehicles which would…
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Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. F8 (Sd.Kfz. 142/1)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: GermanyPeriod: World War 2Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium Already as early as 1935, the German Army had demanded artillery guns to become more mobile so that they would be able to keep up with the advancing troops. The first five prototypes of the Sturmgeschütz (based on the Panzer III chassis) were…
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3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 “Wolverine”
Type: Tank Destroyer Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Overlord Museum, Colleville-sur-Mer, France This is not a tank The M10 was based on the M4A2, the diesel-powered version of the Sherman. It may look very much like a tank, but it was in fact a tank destroyer with relatively thin armour to save weight,…
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ISU-152
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, Germany The ISU-152 was a self-propelled assault gun based on the chassis of the IS-2 heavy tank. It looks almost identical to its predecessor SU-152, which had been built on the older KV-1’s hull. You can tell the difference by comparing…
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Sturmgeschütz IV (Sd.Kfz. 163)
Type: Self-Propelled Artillery/Tank Destroyer Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The StuGs (“Sturmgeschütz” meaning “assault gun”) were Nazi Germany’s most-produced armoured vehicles in World War 2. Designed as an infantry support weapon, they were found to make very effective tank destroyers when equipped with longer and more…