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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

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

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

Ausf. F at Kubinka.

Panzer I Ausf. F – The Baby Tiger

May 30, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 1940s, armor, baby, german, germany, heavy tank, light tank, mg 34, panzer 1, panzer 1 f, panzer 2 j, panzer i, panzer i f, panzer ii j, pz 2 j, small, strange, tank, tanks, tiger, tiger tank, war, weird, world of tanks, wot, ww2, wwii

The Panzer I Ausf. F is a hilarious looking little tank. It has absurdly thick armor for its size and

The Rhino at The Tank Museum.

Cold War Experimental United Kingdom

The TV1000 Rhino – A 6×6 V8 Powered Beast

May 24, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B 6x6, armor, armored, bovington, british, cold war, experimental, merlin, meteor, meteorite, military, prototype, rhino, strange, tank, tanks, test, testing, tests, the tank museum, tv1000, tv1000 rhino, unique, v12, v8, vehicle, war, weird, wheeled, wheels

In the 1950s Britain developed this highly unique vehicle, the TV1000 Rhino. It had six enormous wheels, a powerful V8

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

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

The Praying Mantis.

Experimental United Kingdom WWII

Praying Mantis – A Machine Designed to Fire Over Obstacles

May 11, 2022December 9, 2022 Jesse B armor, armored, bren gun carrier, britain, british, carrier, crazy, engineering, experimental, hydraulics, machine gun, mantis, military, praying mantis, prototype, strange, tank, tanks, universal carrier, vehicle, war, weird

This is the Praying Mantis, an extremely bizarre piece of British engineering that stands out as one of the most

AMX-13

Oscillating Turrets – How They Work

March 16, 2022March 8, 2023 Jesse B 50 120, amx 13, amx 50, armor, armored, cold war, france, french, military, oscillating, prototype, strange, t-57, t57, tank, tanks, turret, vehicle, war, weird

Oscillating turrets are a unique type of turret that can be found on some armored fighting vehicles. They differ from