12.8cm Sf L/61 Sturer Emil

AFV Germany 5 Min Read

The 12.8 cm Selbstfahrlafette auf VK3001(H) “Sturer Emil” was an experimental World War II German self-propelled anti-tank gun. It was based on the Henschel VK3001 chassis and armed with a Rheinmetall 12.8 cm K L/61 gun (based on the 12.8 cm FlaK 40). This gun could traverse 7° to each side, elevate 10° and depress 15°. It carried 18 rounds…

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AFV Air Warfare Aircraft Germany 12 Min Read

Henschel Hs 129 Tank Buster!

Henschel was one of four companies (the others being Focke-Wulf, Gotha and Hamburger Flugzeugbau) to which, in April 1937, the Technische Amt of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) issued a specification for a twin-engine ground-attack aircraft. It was required to carry at least two 20 mm MG FP cannon and to have…

AFV Germany 3 Min Read

The Myth of the BergeTiger

The myth of the BergeTiger being a demolition charge placement vehicle still persists and the same old arguments keep being reprinted over and over. The turret crane on the Bergetiger was never intended for recovery but was used for the same tasks as other light cranes on maintenance vehicles. These…

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German Tiger Tank Recovery

Original page 44 translation of Tigerfibel Field Recovery Motto: With care, thought and logic – recovery is soon accomplished. Just as you would help your comrade, no matter what, You must take care of your friend of steel too and take him home when he breaks down. If need be…

AFV German Units 13 Min Read

Panzer-Abteilung 302 (fkl)

Borgward B IV z Panzer-Abteilung 302. Panzerabteilung 302 (Fkl), was a radio-controlled tank battalion that had 24 StuG III assault guns used as control vehicles and about 50 Goliath and B IV remote control demolition vehicles. The Goliath would prove particularly useful in destroying Polish barricades, but there were not…

AFV Russia 4 Min Read

GAZ-2975 “Tiger” or Russian Tigr Part II

The GAZ-2975 Tigr (“Tiger”) is Russia’s new standard light armored utility vehicle, akin to the US HMMWV. It is typically fitted with one or two 7.62mm Pecheneg machine guns on pintle mounts, or, an AGS-17 30mm grenade launcher. A GAZ Tigr-M in Moscow during rehearsals for the 2019 Victory Day…

AFV Germany 5 Min Read

Leichte Ladungsträger Goliath

Among the most numerous of the German anti-mine vehicles was the Leichte Ladungsträger Goliath SdKfz 302. This was a small wire-guided vehicle designed for minefield clearance, destruction of enemy installations or in extreme cases, as an antitank weapon. The Goliath measured only about 1.5 meters, and the initial version was…

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76mm Gun Motor Carriage T86, T86E1, and T87 (Amphibious)

T86 GMC (Amphibious) showing new flotation hull on M18 chassis. T87 GMC (Amphibious) with 105mm…

Tigers – The Heavy Punch II

German commanders kept them back as a reserve to counterattack against Soviet breakthroughs, and only…

General Motors XM-1

General Motors XM1 prototype Congress canceled the MBT-70 in November and XM803 December 1971, and…

The Survivability of Tanks and Crews

This latest Soviet heavy tank was adopted and then deployed during the Winter War with…