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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

An IS-3 on parade.

Cold War Soviet-Russia WWII

IS-3 – The Soviet Heavy that Scared the West

August 1, 2022January 5, 2023 Wade Peters 122 mm, cold war, diesel, east, heavy, heavy tank, is 1, is-2, IS-3, is1, is2, is3, JS-1, JS-2, JS-3, JS1, JS2, JS3, KV, russia, russian, soviet, soviet union, soviets, tank, ussr, V-2, v12, war, west

The IS-3 heavy tank was a late World War Two Soviet tank design that was animprovement on the IS-2. Although

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

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

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

BMPT Terminator

Modern Day Soviet-Russia

Russia’s Devastating “Terminator” Tanks – The BMPT Terminator

April 28, 2022 Jesse B 30 mm, 30 mm cannon, armor, armored, armored warfare, auto, autocannon, bmpt, cannon, military, missile, object 781, object 782, russia, russian, soviet, soviet union, support, support vehicle, t-72, t-80, tank, tank support, tanks, terminator, turret, ussr, vehicle, war

This is the mighty BMPT, a Russian armored fighting vehicle that is armed to the teeth and specialised for anti-infantry