WHIPPETā€™S FIRST TANK Vs. TANKĀ BATTLE

AFV Battle British 5 Min Read

A late production medium Mark ā€˜Aā€™ Whippet, No. A259 ā€˜Caesar IIā€™, now in The Tank Museum in Bovington. Ā  Captured Beutepanzer medium Mark A Whippet. Large German Army Bundeswehr Schwarzes Kreuz black crosses were painted on the captured tanks to identify the fact that they were under new management. The German Sturmpanzerwagen A7Vā€™s quick-firing 57mm Maxim-Nordfeldt QF cannon could fire…

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76-mm Sherman

Standard M4A2(76mm) Sherman M4A3(76mm) Sherman The US Army made a conscious decision in 1943: to ignore calls for rapid development of the heavy, 90mm-gun T26 (Pershing) to take on the Panthers and Tigers, and instead to mass produce the M4 ā€“ a medium tank that would do the job well…

AFV Germany 16 Min Read

Infantry Fighting VehicleĀ Puma

The Puma is an Infantry Fighting vehicle developed in Germany to replace the aging fleet of German Marder IFVs. The vehicle is considered to be one of the most well protected and heavily armored IFVs in the world. The Puma also offers substantial firepower, mounting a 30 mm autocannon in…

AFV 20 Min Read

US Army Bradley inĀ Service

An M2A3 of 2-162 Infantry drives out of Patrol Base Volunteer in Sadr City during a QRF (Quick Response Force) mission. Note the prominent CIV, so vital to the Bradleyā€™s effectiveness in urban operations in Sadr City and elsewhere in Iraq. The familiar twin pillars of US armoured might in…

AFV Germany 4 Min Read

ā€œSturmtigerā€ at WarsawĀ Uprising

A little known episode from the fighting during the Warsaw Uprising in August and September 1944, involved the operations carried out by 1000. Sturmtiger-Kompanie. A prototype of the Sturmtiger was sent to Warsaw and off-loaded at the station in PruszkĆ³w on August 15, 1944. This station was prepared for receiving…

AFV British 8 Min Read

Matilda at Arras

By the outbreak of war with Germany in September 1939 there were only two Matildas in service, though 16 had been issued to 7th Royal Tank Regiment in France by early 1940 where they were used with success in the Battle of Arras just prior to the Dunkirk evacuation. The…

AFV France 5 Min Read

Automitrailleuse Panhard et Levassor TypeĀ 178

A Panhard 178B. The APX3B turret is of the latest type with a rear episcope. Rear view showing the position of the second driver; the hull, despite having been repainted with a number belonging to the third production batch. Panhard 178B/FL1, French Indo-China, 1947. Panhard 178 tank hunter with the…

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76mm Gun Motor Carriage T86, T86E1, and T87Ā (Amphibious)

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