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Sturmtiger in Kubinka.
Germany WWII 

Sturmtiger – The Tiger with a 380 mm Rocket Launcher

August 25, 2022December 9, 2022 Michael Taylor 380, 380 mm, german, germany, history, king tiger, launcher, military, mm, museum, rare, rocket, sturmmorser, sturmorser, sturmtiger, tank, tanks, tiger, tiger 1, tiger tank, tracks, war, wartime, ww2, wwii

The Sturmtiger was Germany’s answer to the problem of fighting troops in urban environments – deny the enemy usage of

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M4A2 Emcha
WWII 

Emcha – The Red Army’s Sherman Tanks

July 27, 2022December 9, 2022 Michael Taylor allied, allies, ally, american, Barbarossa, emcha, german, Germans, germany, help, lease, lend, lend-lease, m4, m4a2, russian, Sherman, soviet, soviet union, ussr, war, ww2, wwii

Among the plethora of weapons fielded by the Soviets in World War Two, perhaps amongst the stranger sights to behold

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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

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Ausf. F at Kubinka.
Germany WWII 

Panzer I Ausf. F – The Baby Tiger

May 30, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 1940s, armor, baby, german, germany, heavy tank, light tank, mg 34, panzer 1, panzer 1 f, panzer 2 j, panzer i, panzer i f, panzer ii j, pz 2 j, small, strange, tank, tanks, tiger, tiger tank, war, weird, world of tanks, wot, ww2, wwii

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.
Experimental Germany WWII 

The Kugelpanzer Ball Tank – What is it?

May 30, 2022January 5, 2023 Jesse B armor, armored, ball, ball tank, balltank, experimental, german, germany, hoax, kubinka, kugelpanzer, military, museum, prototype, russia, soviet, soviet union, tank, tanks, test, ussr, vehicle, war, ww2, wwii

The Kubinka Tank Museum in Russia is famous for its collection of strange vehicles and prototypes. Perhaps the strangest of

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Gepard.
Cold War Germany Modern Day 

Germany’s Mighty Gepard – Dual 35 mm Autocannons

April 26, 2022 Jesse B 35 mm, AA, aa tank, aircraft, anti air, anti aircraft tank, autocannon, gepard, german, germany, leopard, leopard 1, mbt, modern, spaag, tank

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
Cold War Experimental Germany 

The Double Barrelled VT Tanks

April 13, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 120 mm, double barrel, german, germany, gvt, main battle tank, mbt, nato, tank, vt, vt 1-1, vt 1-2, vt tank

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.
Experimental Germany WWII 

Sturer Emil – A Prototype that Actually Fought in Battle

March 23, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 128 mm, emil, german, sturer, sturer emil, tank, tank destroyer, wwii

The Sturer Emil was a WWII German prototype that had a much more interesting career than one would have expected

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The VTGS.
Experimental Germany Modern Day 

The German Stealth Leopard

March 17, 2022 Jesse B 105 mm, advanced, armor, armored, cold war, concept, experimental, f-22, german, germany, leopard, leopard 1, leopard 2, military, modern day, prototype, stealth, stealth leopard, tank, tanks, thermal, vehicle, versuchstrager gesamtschutz, war

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 7.5 cm PaK 40 auf RSO.
Experimental Germany News WWII 

The PaK 40 auf RSO – A Tank Destroyer with an Overly Large Gun

January 27, 2023January 31, 2023 Jesse B

The term “glass cannon” is often used to signify a vehicle with lots of firepower, but minimal armor. The PaK

M36 tank destroyer high speed in mud.
News USA WWII 

M36 – The US’ Most Powerful Tank Destroyer

January 20, 2023January 25, 2023 Wade Peters
M2 Bradley in Jordan.
Modern Day News USA 

M2 Bradley – Workhorse of the US Army’s Mechanized Infantry

January 12, 2023January 12, 2023 Wade Peters
Nashorn tank destroyer.
Germany News WWII 

Germany’s Nashorn Tank Destroyer with an 88 mm

January 11, 2023January 13, 2023 Jesse B

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