Humber Armoured Cars

AFV British 7 Min Read

A Humber Armoured Car Mk II, one of the few armoured vehicles to use the 15-mm (0.59-in) Besa heavy machine-gun as its main armament. Originally known as a wheeled tank, these vehicles gave sterling service in many theatres through the war. The Humber armoured cars were numerically the most important types produced in the United Kingdom, for production eventually reached…

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THE PROPHETS OF ARMOR

One of the oddities of history is that the tank, the ultimate weapon of land warfare, was originally developed by the British navy. Under the goading of First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, who was eager to find a way to break the stalemate of the Western Front, the…

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Arab-Israeli Tank Warfare I

Although the tank only made its first halting appearance on the battlefield in September 1916 during World War I, it quickly be – came the dominant weapon system in modern ground combat. Combining both of the key elements of combat power—fire and maneuverability—the tank was also the product of the…

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Arab-Israeli Tank Warfare II

The Israeli War of Independence (1948–1949) was primarily an infantry war, with tanks performing a supporting role. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had 15 tanks, 280 half-tracks, and some 20 other armored vehicles that carried guns. The Arabs had 45 tanks and some 620 other armored vehicles, of which 180…

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Spanish Republican T-26s

The Spanish Civil War was the first conflict in which the T-26 participated. At the request of the Spanish Republican government, the Soviet government sold weapons and military equipment to Spain and provided military advisers (including tankers) within the framework of Operation X. The first shipment of tanks to Spanish…

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Israel Tal

Israel Tal, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general and commander of its Armored Corps, April 21, 1966 Born: 1924 Israeli general and armor expert. Israel Tal (Talik) was born in 1924 on a Jewish kibbutz in Palestine. He joined the British Army, served with the Jewish Brigade, and saw action in…

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INFANTRY TANK, BLACK PRINCE (A43)

One of the six Black Prince pilot models.   A side view of the 1st prototype A43 Black Prince First attempt to mount a large calibre high velocity gun in the Churchill chassis resulted in the Churchill 3in Gun Carrier, proposed and developed from September 1941. Production was limited by…

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