Tag: tank
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Mark I (Male)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 1 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK Father of the tank? Already before completing their Little Willie prototype, the British engineers William Tritton and Walter Wilson had come to realise that their creation‘s low track frames would severely limit its trench-crossing capabilities. Wilson therefore proposed a…
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Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK The cost of war The Panther was a much larger and more modern machine than the Panzer IV, but at a price of 144,000 Reichsmark it cost only 30,000 more to build – while a Tiger I went for more…
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Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Restaurant “Le Tank”, Celles, Belgium Gaining weight Although the Germans classified the Panther as a medium tank, its 45-ton weight was more comparable to contemporary Allied heavy tanks like the Soviet KV-1 or the American M26 Pershing. Originally the Panther had been designed to weigh…
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Panzerkampfwagen V Befehlspanther Ausf. A (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany Complacent conquerors The first predecessor of the Panther programme had been the VK 20 design series (Vollkette = fully tracked) which had been initiated in 1938. But since Nazi Germany seemed to be able to conquer large parts of Europe with…
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Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Oorlogsmuseum Overloon, Netherlands Another wonder weapon In 1943 Hitler and the Wehrmacht had very high hopes for the brand-new Panther tank, which they had wanted to be ready for Operation Zitadelle – their large-scale summer offensive in the East. This operation had already been delayed…
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Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Ausf. G (Sd.Kfz. 171)
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: Grandmenil, Belgium A panic reaction? The Panther was considered one of the best medium tanks of World War 2, but it had to go a very long way to earn this reputation. Its origins date back all the way to 1938, when a project was…
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Type 95 Ha-Gō
Type: Light Tank Nation: Japan Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK During the 1920s the Empire of Japan had aquired a number of foreign tanks such as the French Renault FT and the British Vickers 6-tonner for trials and active service. However, General Sōsaku Suzuki was arguing that Japan should build…
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Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (Sd.Kfz. 140)
Type: Light Tank Nation: Czechoslovakia/Germany/SwedenPeriod: World War 2 Location: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany When Nazi Germany annexed Czechoslovakia in 1938/1939, the engineering company ČKD in Prague had just completed the first ten vehicles of their new TNH model, which the Czechoslovak Army was calling „LT vz. 38“ (Lehký tank vzor 38 = light tank model…
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M4A2(76)W HVSS „Fury“
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK The M4 Sherman’s hull had been designed to take a variety of different engine types so that the tank could be produced in enormous numbers – almost 50,000. Due to a shortage of Continental-Wright aircraft radial engines which were powering…