Tag: tank
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T-34/85 “Rudy”
Type: Medium Tank Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The very successful Soviet T-34 was one of the most well-balanced medium tanks of World War 2. The hull armour was sloped on all four sides which made its interior awfully cramped but offered very good effective…
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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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M24 Chaffee
Type: Light Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Musée National d’Histoire Militaire, Diekirch, Luxembourg The M24 Chaffee was first put into service in late 1944. It was designed to replace the M3 and M5 Stuart light tanks which had become clearly outdated by that stage of the war. The new tank was named…
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KV-1 (Model 1941)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Soviet Union Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK The KV-1 was named after Kliment Voroshilov, a politician who had been serving as Soviet Defense Commissar from 1925 to 1940 and who had played a key role in Stalin’s Great Purge of 1937. The KV was first put…
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VT-55A
Type: Special Purpose Vehicle Nation: Soviet Union Period: Cold War Location: Panzerfahrschule Heyse, Steinhöfel, Germany The VT-55A is a Czech armoured recovery vehicle developed from the licence-built Soviet BTS-2, which itself was based on the chassis of the T-55A medium tank. It was produced from 1969 to 1983 and used by several other Warsaw Pact…
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Sherman VC Firefly
Type: Medium Tank/Cruiser Tank Nation: United Kingdom Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne Barracks, Belgium The Firefly was a British conversion of the American M4 medium tank, re-armed with the powerful 17-pounder anti-tank gun. In this case the base vehicle was an M4A4 which was powered by a Chrysler A57 30-cylinder multibank engine. The size…
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Renault FT (Replica)
Type: Light Tank Nation: France Period: World War 1 Location: Muzeum Broni Pancernej w Poznaniu, Poznań, Poland The Renault FT was designed by the renowned car manufacturer Louis Renault and had its combat debut in May 1918. The idea was to swarm the battlefield with a large number of fast light tanks that were hard…
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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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Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. B (Sd.Kfz. 182)
Type: Heavy Tank Nation: Germany Period: World War 2 Location: December 44 Museum, La Gleize, Belgium Heavyweights The German Tiger II (also known as Tiger Ausf. B) was the heaviest mass-produced turreted tank of World War 2. Weighing over 69 metric tons, its operational combat weight was only surpassed by its derivative, the Jagdtiger tank…