IS-3 tank

AFV Soviet 8 Min Read

‘And for sheer visual impact, I would recommend anyone stand in front of the IS-3 at Aberdeen and contemplate what it would have meant to have that pike’s head coming at you. The IS-3, by the way, was not a very good tank, but it sure looks potent.’ – Robert Slayton The final Soviet heavy tank of the war was…

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‘Super’-Pattons

American M60A3 tank in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Magach 7C in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. The M60-2000, or 120S, is modernized M60 Patton main battle tank marketed for export by General Dynamics Land Systems. The M60 was essentially a refinement of the M48 begun in the late 1950s; later a number…

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KV (Klimenti Voroshilov)

KV designation was for Klimenti Voroshilov, the Soviet defense commissar. Intended as the replacement for the T-35 heavy; design work began on the KV-1 in 1938. It incorporated many of the features of the T-34. Subsequent models of the KV-1 incorporated extra armor, new cast turret, and upgraded engine. The…

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KV-85 AND IS-85/I HEAVY TANKS

The KV-85 was a stopgap solution to the problem of replacing the ageing KV-1 heavy tank. A new turret, intended for the IS-85 (later redesignated the IS-1) and armed with the same 85mm (3.34in) gun as the T-34/85, was mounted on the KV-1-S chassis. Concurrent to the development of the…

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Dieppe Churchills

The Mk.I and Mk.II Churchills often seen in photos of the disastrous Dieppe raid. The Dieppe Raid was planned to temporarily take control of the French port of Dieppe using a strong force of about 6,000 troops – mostly drawn from inexperienced Canadian units. The operation, codenamed Rutter, would test…

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Verdeja 1 tank

Verdeja was the name of a series of light tanks developed in Spain between 1938 and 1954 in an attempt to replace German Panzer I and Soviet T-26 tanks in Spanish service. The program was headed by Captain Félix Verdeja Bardales and led to the development of four prototype vehicles,…

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Polish Armoured Trains

One of the armoured carriages from the Polish ‘Danuta’ armoured train with a turreted 100-mm howitzer on the left, a 7.92-mm (0.31 -in) machine-gun in the centre and a turreted 75- mm field gun on the right. The few Polish armoured trains not destroyed were taken over by the Germans.…

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