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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, 2022 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

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

An AC1 Sentinel.

Australia Experimental WWII

AC Sentinel – The Australian Cruiser Tank Family

August 16, 2022December 9, 2022 Patrick M. Johnson 17 pdr, 2 second world war, 975, AC, AC sentinel, ac4, America, armor, armored, Australia, australian, cruiser, cruisers, II, IJN, japan, japanese, lee, m3, m4, outback, pacific, radial, sentinel, Sherman, tank, tanks, world war 2, world war II, ww2, wwii

Australia’s role during the Second World War was not one of tank development, but they still produced interesting tank, the

Ram II.

Ram – Canada’s Only Homemade WWII Tank

August 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Wade Peters 6 pdr, allies, apc, britain, british, canada, canadian, commonwealth, cruiser tank, GPO, kangaroo, m3, m3 grant, m3 lee, m4, military, Ram kangaroo, sexton, Sherman, tank, tanks, the second world war, US, USA, war, world war two, ww2, wwii

The Ram is a Canadian cruiser tank from the Second World War that shared a similar appearance to the M4

T-44 tank at Kubinka.

Cold War Soviet-Russia WWII

The T-44 – “Successor” to the T-34

August 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Mario Todorov 85 mm, cold war, diesel, germany, military, soviet, soviet union, t-34, t-44, t-54, t-55, t34, t44, t54, t55, tanks, the second world war, ussr, V-2, v12, war, world war two, ww2, wwii

The T-44 is an interesting machine, born from the T-34, it is not known by many nor does it have

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

Conqueror heavy tank

Cold War United Kingdom

Conqueror – Britain’s Answer to Soviet Heavies

July 4, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 120 mm, britain, british, centurion, cold war, comet, conqueror, fv200, fv201, fv214, fv215, heavy, heavy tank, IS-3, l1a1, military, tank, tanks, universal tank, war, wwii

The Conqueror was a British heavy tank designed specifically as a counter to the IS-3 first seen by the Allies

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

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