Sturmtiger – The Tiger with a 380 mm Rocket Launcher
The Sturmtiger was Germany’s answer to the problem of fighting troops in urban environments – deny the enemy usage of
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Panzer I Ausf. F – The Baby Tiger
The Panzer I Ausf. F is a hilarious looking little tank. It has absurdly thick armor for its size and
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The Kugelpanzer Ball Tank – What is it?
The Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia is famous for its collection of strange vehicles and prototypes. Perhaps the strangest of
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Germany’s Mighty Gepard – Dual 35 mm Autocannons
The Gepard is everyone’s favourite self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. This double-barrelled beast was designed by the Germans in the 1960s and
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The Double Barrelled VT Tanks
In the 1970s Germany investigated a novel approach to tank design when attempting to replace its Leopard 1. This vehicle
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Sturer Emil – A Prototype that Actually Fought in Battle
The Sturer Emil was a WWII German prototype that had a much more interesting career than one would have expected
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Karl-Gerät – A 600 mm Siege Mortar
Between 1941 and 1945 Germany operated some of history’s largest mobile siege mortars. Known as the Karl-Gerät, these monstrous machines
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The German Stealth Leopard
If the F-22 Raptor was a tank it would be the Versuchsträger Gesamtschutz, better known as the VTGS. Meaning “test
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The Minenräumer – A Weird German Prototype
Looking like something straight out of science fiction, the Minenräumer was a strange German prototype that, unsurprisingly, never saw production
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