Tag: tank panic
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IS-3
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Soviet UnionPeriod: Cold War Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland Berlin tank panic The IS-3 caused a serious shock among the Western Allies when it was first presented publically while taking part in the Berlin Four Nations Victory Parade on 7 September 1945. Having just celebrated the end of…
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90 mm Gun Tank M47 Patton II
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: Cold War Location: Park Vojaške Zgodovine, Pivka, Slovenia When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the US Army realised that they would need modern tanks as quickly as possible. The M46 Patton was nothing more than an upgraded (but outdated) World War 2 era M26 Pershing and the…