By Pavel Alexe
/ December 14, 2022
Soviet Union (1941) Heavy tank - Blueprints Only A few months prior to the German invasion of the USSR in...
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By Pavel Alexe
/ December 12, 2022
Socialist Republic of Romania/Romania (1978-2005) Main Battle Tank - 31 Purchased from USSR Romania is relatively well-known for its own...
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By Guest Writer
/ December 10, 2022
By Stan Lucian
/ December 10, 2022
By Pavel Alexe
/ December 10, 2022
Soviet Union (1944) Heavy Tank - Drawings Only Just months after the IS-2 began production, work began on developing a...
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By Enrique Casuso
/ December 7, 2022
Japan (1941-1945) Armored Carrier – Around 200 Built (Estimated) The Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) was developed by...
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By Daniele Notaro
/ December 5, 2022
Kingdom of Italy (1935-1945) Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Gun – 1,088 Built in 1940, Total Number Unknown The Cannone-Mitragliera Breda da 20/65 Modello...
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By MarkoPantelic
/ December 3, 2022
German Reich (1941) Assault Gun – 284 Built The success of the whole StuG III series led to further demand...
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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.
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