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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, 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

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

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