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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

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

A CRARRV on the move.

Modern Day United Kingdom

CRARRV – Britain’s 70-ton Armored Recovery Vehicle

August 19, 2022December 9, 2022 Patrick M. Johnson armored, armored recovery vehicle, arv, britain, british, challenger 1, challenger 2, cold war, crane, CRARRV, hercules, history, M88, military, modern, new, RAC, recovery, UK, united kingdom, v12, vehicle, war

If you operate tanks, then you need a vehicle to pull them along should things go wrong. There are few

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

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

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

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

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

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