Patrick M. Johnson, Author at Tank Historia

The Makmat.

Cold War Israel

MakMat 160 mm Self-Propelled Mortar – Another Israeli Creation

April 4, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson 155, 155 mm, 160 mm, artillery, concept, gun, howitzer, israel, israeli, m50, m51, makmat, military, modifications, modified, mortar, nato, prototype, self propelled gun, self propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, Sherman, sherman tank, six day war, spg, sph, strange, tank, tanker, tanks, weird, weirdest

There is already a vehicle known as the “toaster tank”, and that is the German Pz. Sfl. IVc. However, we

Sk.Kfz.234/4 survivor.

Germany’s Sd.Kfz.234 Eight Wheeled Armored Car

March 22, 2023April 28, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson 5 cm, 50 mm, 7.5 cm, 75 mm, armored, armored car, armoured, armoured car, car, eight, eight wheeled, eight wheeler, german, Germans, germany, military, pak 40, sd.kfz.234, sdkfz234, tank, tanker, tanks, wheeled, wheels, world war, world war 2, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Sd.Kfz.234 is one of Germany’s most fascinating vehicles of the war, and a rather unusual one for us as

Ro'em howitzer.

Cold War Israel

Israel’s Huge L-33 Ro’em: Based on the Sherman

March 21, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson 155, 155 mm, 160 mm, artillery, concept, gun, howitzer, israel, israeli, L-33, m50, m51, makmat, military, modifications, modified, mortar, nato, prototype, Ro'em, self propelled gun, self propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, Sherman, sherman tank, six day war, spg, sph, strange, tank, tanker, tanks, weird, weirdest

Today we will be taking a look at yet another interesting adaptation of the Sherman tank, the L-33 Ro’em self-propelled

Landwasserschlepper LWS.

LWS – The German Boat with Tracks

March 20, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson afv, amphibious, amtrac, amtrack, boat, boat tank, german, Germans, germany, LWS, strange, tank, tanks, tracked, water, weird, weirdest, world war, world war 2, world war two, ww2, wwii

Rivers and seas have always been impediments to the movement and progress of land forces, and history records many of

Räumer S when captured in 1945.

Experimental Germany WWII

Krupp Räumer S – A 130 Ton German Freak

March 6, 2023March 8, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson

One of the most bizarre vehicles created during the Second World War is the Räumer S, a massive 130-ton machine

Type-X at Bovington in the UK.

Experimental Modern Day

The Type-X – An Unmanned Drone with Artificial Intelligence

February 28, 2023March 8, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson

Recently, TankHistoria witnessed trial runs of Milrem Robotics’ new Type-X, a completely unmanned tracked robot that can operate either by

Canon de 194 GPF.

Canon de 194 GPF – The French SPG Powered by Electricity

February 27, 2023March 2, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson

Towards the end of the First World War French engineers produced this, the Canon de 194 GPF, an advanced self-propelled

A Sherman DD.

United Kingdom USA WWII

DD Tank – Tanks that can Swim!

February 23, 2023February 23, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson

A thirty-ton tank is in its element on solid ground, but was not designed to float, let alone swim in

The KV-2 heavy tank.

Soviet-Russia WWII

KV-2 – When the Soviets put a 152 mm Gun on a KV-1

November 28, 2022December 9, 2022 Patrick M. Johnson

The KV-2 is a tank that needs no introduction, with its massive, boxy turret, 152 mm gun and KV-1 basis

KV-1 heavy tank.

Soviet-Russia WWII

The Soviet Union’s Mighty KV-1 Heavy Tank

November 24, 2022December 9, 2022 Patrick M. Johnson

Alongside the T-34, the KV-1 heavy tank is a symbol of the Soviet Union’s triumph over Germany during the Second

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