military Archives - Tank Historia

‘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

The Makmat.

Cold War Israel

MakMat 160 mm Self-Propelled Mortar – Another Israeli Creation

April 4, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson 155, 155 mm, 160 mm, artillery, concept, gun, howitzer, israel, israeli, m50, m51, makmat, military, modifications, modified, mortar, nato, prototype, self propelled gun, self propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, Sherman, sherman tank, six day war, spg, sph, strange, tank, tanker, tanks, weird, weirdest

There is already a vehicle known as the “toaster tank”, and that is the German Pz. Sfl. IVc. However, we

The Eden Camp Museum's VT8-460 engine.

Cold War Israel USA

VT8-460 – the Cummins V8 Diesel Used in the M50 Sherman

April 2, 2023April 11, 2023 Jesse B America, american, bradley, cummins, diesel, Eden Camp Museum, engine, engines, heritage, israel, military, power, restoration, restorations, Sherman, sherman tank, Shermans, tank, tank engine, tanker, tanks, torque, turbo, turbocharged, US, USA, v8, v903, v950, vt8, vt8-460

Today we will be looking at the Cummins VT8-460 turbodiesel V8 engine that was used to power the awesome M50

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

Ro'em howitzer.

Cold War Israel

Israel’s Huge L-33 Ro’em: Based on the Sherman

March 21, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson 155, 155 mm, 160 mm, artillery, concept, gun, howitzer, israel, israeli, L-33, m50, m51, makmat, military, modifications, modified, mortar, nato, prototype, Ro'em, self propelled gun, self propelled howitzer, self-propelled mortar, Sherman, sherman tank, six day war, spg, sph, strange, tank, tanker, tanks, weird, weirdest

Today we will be taking a look at yet another interesting adaptation of the Sherman tank, the L-33 Ro’em self-propelled

Namer IFV.

Israel Modern Day

Namer – The Most Heavily Armored IFV in the World

October 13, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B active protection system, apc, aps, armor, armored personnel carrier, composite, era, explosive reactive armor, i, IDF, IFV, II, iii, infantry fighting vehicle, israel, israel defense force, israeli, iv, lebanon, machine gun, merkava, military, modern, nagmachon, Namer, namera, passengers, tank, tanks, trophy, urban, war

Few armored personnel carriers are as heavily armored as the ones conjured up by Israel. But of them, one stands

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

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

V-2 type engine.

Cold War Modern Day WWII

V-2 – The 90 Year Old Engine Used From the T-34 to the T-90M

August 15, 2022December 9, 2022 Mario Todorov cold war, diesel, diesel engine, engine, engines, gasoline, heavy tank, heavy tanks, is-2, IS-3, is2. is-4, is3, is4, isu-152, isu152, main battle tank, mbt, medium tank, medium tanks, military, petrol, russia, russian, soviet, soviet union, soviets, t-10, t-34, t-44, t-54, t-62, t-72, t-90, t10, t34. t44, t54, t62, t72, t90, ussr, v 12, V-2, v12, v2, v54, war, world war 2, world war II, ww2, wwii

The V-2 engine is a diesel V12 designed by the Soviet Union in the 1930s, and is most famous for

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