By Marisa Belhote
/ January 23, 2021
North Korea (late 1970s/early 1980s - today) Amphibious light tank - unknown number built (500 sometimes mentioned) North Korea maintains...
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By Stan Lucian
/ January 22, 2021
By Stan Lucian
/ January 22, 2021
By Andrew Hills
/ January 22, 2021
USA (1951-1958) Light Tank - Design only On 2nd April 1951, James Joseph Baldine (20/12/1910 to June 1974) of Hubbard,...
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By Leander Jobse
/ January 20, 2021
The Netherlands (1918-1940) Armored car - 1 built The First World War was the first war in history in which...
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By Craig Moore
/ January 18, 2021
Germany (1918) Light tank - At least 24 built The German delays in developing their own tanks were due to...
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By Marisa Belhote
/ January 16, 2021
France (1931) Infantry tractor - 3 prototypes The early 1930s were marked by the worldwide popularity of the tankette concept,...
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By Stan Lucian
/ January 15, 2021
Tank Encyclopedia®: The Destination for Tank enthusiasts. 6,000,000 visitors and over 1000 articles published since 2011!
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.
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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.