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‘Phoenix’ Nashorn.

Nashorn’s First UK Debut at TANKFEST 2023

April 4, 2023April 11, 2023 Jesse B 8.8 cm, 88 mm, axis, bovington, display, engineering, flak 88, german, germany, hummel, military, museum, nashorn, news, panzer, panzerjeager, tank, tank destroyer, tanker, Tankfest, TankFest 2022, tankfest 2023, tanks, the tank museum

World’s only running Nashorn in UK debut at TANKFEST 2023. Nicknamed the Nashorn ‘Phoenix’ after restoration was delayed by a

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

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

Sturmtiger in Kubinka.

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

M4A2 Emcha

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

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

Ausf. F at Kubinka.

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

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

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

The Double Barrelled VT Tanks

Cold War Experimental Germany

The Double Barrelled VT Tanks

April 13, 2022February 6, 2023 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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