By Leander Jobse
/ October 20, 2021
Belgium (1931-1940) Tank Destroyer - 6 built For the British firm Vickers-Carden-Loyd, the Mark VI armored carrier was a great...
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By Andrew Hills
/ October 18, 2021
Finland (1943) AFV - None built In considering tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, there is usually a relatively straightforward...
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By Stan Lucian
/ October 17, 2021
By Stan Lucian
/ October 17, 2021
By Arturo Giusti
/ October 16, 2021
Republic of Egypt (1955 - 1967) Medium tank - 50 built The M4A4 FL-10 was one of the last major...
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By Leander Jobse
/ October 15, 2021
Czechoslovakia (1923-1939) Artillery Tractor / Tank - 4 built The central European nation of Czechoslovakia was established after the First...
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By Gareth Lynn Montes
/ October 13, 2021
Kingdom of Spain (1921-1922) Armored Car - 1 or 2 built In terms of armored vehicles resulting from both public...
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By Marisa Belhote
/ October 11, 2021
Uruguay (1957/58-2019) Light tank - 17 purchased Uruguay, like several other countries in South America, has been a traditional customer...
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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.
