By Marisa Belhote
/ November 3, 2021
North Korea (likely 1980s-present) Self-Propelled anti-aircraft gun - Unknown numbers built The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has, since the...
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By Stan Lucian
/ November 2, 2021
By Stan Lucian
/ November 2, 2021
By Marisa Belhote
/ November 1, 2021
France (1946-1952) Armored car - 40-64 used The French Army in Indochina used a large variety of armoured vehicles originally...
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By Andrew Hills
/ October 30, 2021
Kingdom of Italy (1916) Armored car - 120 built total First Series Lancia 1ZM with armored guards over the front...
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By Andrew Hills
/ October 29, 2021
Canada (1953) - None produced In 1953, in British Columbia, Canada, an odd design for an amphibious vehicle was created....
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By Marisa Belhote
/ October 27, 2021
France (1950s) Fake heavy tank After the liberation of the country in 1944-1945, France found itself with a serious need...
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By MarkoPantelic
/ October 25, 2021
Germany (1941) - Self-propelled anti-tank vehicle, Number built: 9 During the war, the Germans encountered ever increasing numbers of strong...
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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.
