By Gareth Lynn Montes
/ December 8, 2021
By Andrew Hills
/ December 6, 2021
Finland/Liechtenstein (1998) Amphibious Half-track - None built The common perception of a half-track is simply a vehicle combining the best...
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By Marisa Belhote
/ December 4, 2021
Greece (1992-present) Infantry fighting vehicle - 501 purchased, around 100~ in service currently The BMP-1 is the most produced infantry...
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By Stan Lucian
/ December 3, 2021
By Stan Lucian
/ December 3, 2021
By Marisa Belhote
/ December 3, 2021
France (1935-1937) Canon de casemate de 37mm modèle 1934 France (1931-1940) Fortification anti-tank gun - 145 produced One of the...
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By Andrew Hills
/ November 29, 2021
British Empire (1916) Tank - Design Only Prior to World War One, the Lincolnshire-based firm of William Foster and Co....
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By Darren Hazes
/ November 27, 2021
Brazil (1971-1975/1976) Reconnaissance Vehicle - Atleast 9 built, up to a hundred ordered excluding prototypes Up until 1967, Brazil was...
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Tank Encyclopedia®: The Destination for Tank enthusiasts, since ten years. 7,000,000 visitors, 1,300+ pages
If you are interested in history in general and warfare in particular, Tank Encyclopedia is the place to find ALL armored vehicles that ever roamed the battlefield, from H.G. Wells’ “land battleships” to the latest main battle tanks, our articles cover all eras of armor development and cover a wide swathe of armored vehicle designs ranging from bridge layers and engineering vehicles to tank destroyers and troop carriers. You can also find articles on “softskin” vehicles, anti-tank weaponry, tactics, battles, and technology. Ten years of nerdy obsession for the tracked kind.
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The Four Eras We Cover:
WW1: Mud, Barbed Wire and Trenches The United Kingdom and France started development of tanks in order to break through enemy lines. They were intended to breach no man’s land, but the tank quickly became a killing machine integrated in combined arms operations.
WW2: Proving Ground For Armoured Warfare: For the first time, large numbers of Tanks and Armoured vehicles would combat one another. From the jungles of Pacific Atolls to the arid desert of Libya, the icy and windy steppes of the Soviet Union and the rainy bocage of Normandy.
The Cold War: East vs West: Two opposed superpowers led to the splitting of the world into East and West. The USA and USSR, together with their own alliances, forged a new generation of armored vehicles learning from numerous proxy wars.
The Modern Era: Are Tanks Still Relevant?: Despite numerous prophets heralding the demise of the tank, armor is still an important branch of all the World’s militaries. There are no signs of this changing soon, with the development of tanks continuing to adapt to the modern battlefield.
