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A CRARRV on the move.

Modern Day United Kingdom

CRARRV – Britain’s 70-ton Armored Recovery Vehicle

August 19, 2022December 9, 2022 Patrick M. Johnson armored, armored recovery vehicle, arv, britain, british, challenger 1, challenger 2, cold war, crane, CRARRV, hercules, history, M88, military, modern, new, RAC, recovery, UK, united kingdom, v12, vehicle, war

If you operate tanks, then you need a vehicle to pull them along should things go wrong. There are few

Black Prince infantry tank.

Experimental United Kingdom WWII

Black Prince – The Ultimate Churchill Tank

August 16, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 17 pdr, 2, bedford, black prince, bovington, britain, british, churchill, concept, experiment, experimental, heavy, heavy tank, II, meteor, military, prototype, second world war, tank, tanks, test, testing, the tank museum, turret, war, ww, ww2, wwii

The Black Prince was Britain’s attempt during the Second World War to put the powerful 17 pdr gun into the

Ram II.

Ram – Canada’s Only Homemade WWII Tank

August 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Wade Peters 6 pdr, allies, apc, britain, british, canada, canadian, commonwealth, cruiser tank, GPO, kangaroo, m3, m3 grant, m3 lee, m4, military, Ram kangaroo, sexton, Sherman, tank, tanks, the second world war, US, USA, war, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Ram is a Canadian cruiser tank from the Second World War that shared a similar appearance to the M4

Matilda I.

United Kingdom WWII

The £5,000 Tank That Took on the Blitzkrieg

July 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B armor, armour, battle of France, blitzkrieg, britain, british, England, English, france, french, german, infantry, infantry tank, Matilda, Matilda 1, Matilda 2, Matilda i, Matilda II, tank, UK, valentine, ww2, wwii

In the 1930s Britain created the Matilda I, a little two-man tank that was around the size of a car

Type-59.

Cold War Experimental Modern Day News WWI WWII

TANKFEST 2022

July 7, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B bovington, britain, fest, festival, history, museum, museums, show, tank fest, Tankfest, TankFest 2022, tanks, the tank museum, war

Now the dust has settled and my eardrums have recovered, we can take a look at what is arguably the

Conqueror.

Cold War United Kingdom

Conqueror – Britain’s Answer to Soviet Heavies

July 4, 2022March 7, 2023 Jesse B 120 mm, britain, british, centurion, cold war, comet, conqueror, fv200, fv201, fv214, fv215, heavy, heavy tank, IS-3, l1a1, military, tank, tanks, universal tank, war, wwii

The Conqueror was a British heavy tank designed specifically as a counter to the IS-3 first seen by the Allies

The Praying Mantis.

Experimental United Kingdom WWII

Praying Mantis – A Machine Designed to Fire Over Obstacles

May 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B armor, armored, bren gun carrier, britain, british, carrier, crazy, engineering, experimental, hydraulics, machine gun, mantis, military, praying mantis, prototype, strange, tank, tanks, universal carrier, vehicle, war, weird

This is the Praying Mantis, an extremely bizarre piece of British engineering that stands out as one of the most