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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

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

Landwasserschlepper LWS.

LWS – The German Boat with Tracks

March 20, 2023April 11, 2023 Patrick M. Johnson afv, amphibious, amtrac, amtrack, boat, boat tank, german, Germans, germany, LWS, strange, tank, tanks, tracked, water, weird, weirdest, world war, world war 2, world war two, ww2, wwii

Rivers and seas have always been impediments to the movement and progress of land forces, and history records many of

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

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

tiger tank king tiger, blown up tiger tank, abandoned, wrecked german tank

King Tiger Tank under French road now insured for £2 Million

September 13, 2022March 28, 2023 Jack beckett abandoned tank, gary Sterne, King Tiger 124, tank, tanks, tiger tank

Experts have confirmed that the famous “lost” King Tiger Tank No 124 is to be insured for £2 million by

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

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