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Kampfpanzer 70
Type: Main Battle Tank/Experimental PrototypeNation: USA/GermanyPeriod: Cold WarLocation: Deutsches Panzermuseum Munster, Germany Another joint venture The KPz 70 was a German-American attempt to develop a shared next-generation main battle tank. This vehicle was intended to replace both countries‘ fleets of M48s, M60s and Leopards (which had not even entered service at that point). The design…
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M4A3(75)W Sherman „Barracuda“
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Bastogne, Belgium Major redesign Following the M4A1 and M4A2, the M4A3 was the third Sherman variant to enter production in June 1942. Rated at 500 hp, its liquid-cooled Ford GAA V8 was the most powerful of all five Sherman engines. Before production was stopped in…
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M4A2 Sherman
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Montfaucon-d’Argonne, France Necessity is the mother of invention The M4A2 was the first welded hull Sherman that went into production in April 1942 – just two months after the cast hull M4A1. With 8,053 completed units, it was the single most produced Sherman variant. To…
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M4 Sherman „Blood & Guts“
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Wiltz, Luxembourg Standing tall The M4 was considered the “standard” Sherman, although the M4A1, M4A2 and M4A3 all went into production earlier. The first of 6,748 early “small hatch” M4s left the factories in July 1942. Apart from the welded hull, it was basically identical…
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M4A1 Sherman „Michael“
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: The Tank Museum, Bovington, UK Combined effort Like its predecessor, the M3 Lee/Grant, the M4 Sherman was built in a wide variety of versions. This was done to take full advantage of the production capabilities of the vast American automotive industry: No less than eleven…
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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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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…
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M4 Sherman “Ginsling”
Type: Medium Tank Nation: USA Period: World War 2 Location: Wibrin, Belgium The sleeping giant At the beginning of World War 2 the US Armys’ tank force was virtually nonexistent. Even Poland possessed more tanks when they were attacked by Nazi Germany in September 1939. The Great Depression and long years of isolationism had drastically…