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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

M50 Sherman at TankFest.

Cold War Israel USA WWII

Eden Camp Museum’s Blue M50 Sherman

March 19, 2023April 11, 2023 Jesse B 75 mm, blue, cold war, eden camp, eden camp heritage, eden camp heritage restorations, Eden Camp Museum, isherman, israel, israeli, lebanese, lebanon, M4A4, m50, m51, modifications, museum, Sherman, Shermans, six day war, super sherman, tank, tanker, tanks, US, USA

My name is Frank, I am head of site and restorations at Eden Camp Museum, Malton, North Yorkshire. Eden Camp

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

Type-59.

Cold War Experimental Modern Day News WWI WWII

TANKFEST 2022

July 7, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B bovington, britain, fest, festival, history, museum, museums, show, tank fest, Tankfest, TankFest 2022, tanks, the tank museum, war

Now the dust has settled and my eardrums have recovered, we can take a look at what is arguably the

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

Object 775.

Cold War Experimental Soviet-Russia

Object 775 – The Pancake Tank

May 17, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 775, armor, armored, experimental, flat, flat tank, kubinka, lt-432, military, missile, missile tank, museum, object, object 775, pancake, prototype, rocket, russia, russian, soviet, soviet union, strange, tank, tanks, unique, ussr, vehicle, war, weird, world of tanks, wot

Behold the flattest tank around: the Object 775. This strange and obscure vehicle was a missile tank developed by the

The SU-100Y at Kubinka.

Experimental Soviet-Russia WWII

SU-100Y – The Soviet “Boxtank”

May 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 130 mm, armor, armored, box, box tank, boxtank, casemate, kubinka, kv-1, MEME, military, museum, navy, russia, russian, smk, soviet, soviet union, su-100, su100y, t-100, tank, tanks, ussr, vehicle, war, world of tanks, wot

While fighting the Winter War against Finland the Soviets started development on a bunker-busting self-propelled gun named the SU-100Y. It

Independent

Experimental United Kingdom WWI

Vickers A1E1 Independent

May 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B a1e1, armor, armored, bovington, experimental, independant, inter war, interwar, military, multi, multi turret, multi turreted, museum, pre war, prototype, tank, tank museum, tanks, test, testing, the tank museum, trial, turrets, vehicle, vickers, vickers a1e1, war, weird, ww1, wwi

If you were to combine a WWI-era tank with a battleship, it would probably come out looking something like the