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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

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

The mighty Oka.

Cold War Experimental Soviet-Russia

2B1 “Oka” – The SPG that Broke Itself When Firing

June 6, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 16 inch, 16.5 inch, 1950s, 2a3, 2b1, 2b1 oka, 2p, 420 mm, armor, artillery, atomic, atomic bomb, bomb, cannon, cold war, experimental, gun, kondensator, mortar, nuclear, nuke, oka, prototype, russia, russian, self propelled gun, soviet, soviet union, spg, strange, tank, tanks, ussr, weird, ww2

In 1957 the Soviets held their annual Victory Day parade on Red Square, celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in

Koksan Iraq 3

Cold War North Korea

M-1978 Koksan – North Korea’s 170 mm SPG

June 1, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B armor, armored, artillery, arty, cannon, desert, gun, iran, iraq, korea, korean war, mortar, north korea, pyongyang, russia, russian, self propelled gun, soeul, south korea, soviet, soviet union, spg, t-54, tank, ussr, vehicle, war

In 1978 the United States uncovered the existence of an enormous, mysterious self propelled gun in Koksan, North Korea. Lacking

Karl-Gerät

Karl-Gerät – A 600 mm Siege Mortar

March 22, 2022 Jesse B Karl-Gerät, Mörser Karl, mortar, siege, siege mortar, wwii

Between 1941 and 1945 Germany operated some of history’s largest mobile siege mortars. Known as the Karl-Gerät, these monstrous machines