British Vickers Light Tanks - The Vickers Light Tanks had their origins in a series of tankettes designed and produced by Carden-Loyd duri...
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Showing posts with label tanks. Show all posts
FRANCE Char B1-bis heavy tank
The series of tanks known as the Char B had a definite look of the 'Great War' era about them, and this is not surprising for their...
FRANCE SOMUA S-35 medium tank
When the reequipment of the French cavalry arm with tanks started during the mid-1930s several concerns became involved, among them a Schne...
FRANCE Renault R35 Tank
The Renault R35 had its origins in a design known originally as the Renault ZM, produced in late 1934 in answer to a French army request fo...
FRANCE Hotchkiss H-35 and H-39 light tanks
During the early 1930s the French army, in common with many other European armies, decided to reequip its ageing tank parks with modern equ...
JAPAN Type 97 Medium Tank
In the mid-1930s a requirement was issued for a new medium tank to replace the Type 89 B medium tank which by then was rapidly becoming obs...
JAPAN Type 95 Light Tank
The Type 95 light tank was developed to meet the requirements of the Japanese army in the early 1930s, the first two prototypes being comp...
ITALY Fiat M 15/42 Medium Tank
The Carro Armato M 14/41 was essentially the M 13/40 fitted with a more powerful diesel engine which was equipped with air filters designed...
ITALY Fiat M 11/39 and M 13/40 Medium Tanks
In 1937 the prototype of the Carro Armato M 11/39 tank was built, with the suspension system of the L3 tankette but with six road wheels on...
ITALY Fiat L 6/40 Light Tank
In the 1930s Fiat Ansaldo built an export tank based on the chassis of the L3 tankette, itself a development of the British Garden Lloyd Ma...
GERMANY Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger II Heavy Tank
No sooner was the Tiger in production than the decision was taken to develop an even better armed and armored version, especially to counte...
GERMANY Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Heavy Tank
As far back as 1938 it has been realized that the PzKpfw IV tank would have to be replaced by a more modern design some time in the future....
GERMANY Panzerkampfwagen V Panther Heavy Tank
In 1941 the most powerful tank m service with the German army was the PzKpfw IV, infrequently a match for the new Soviet T-34 tank, which ...
GERMANY Panzerkampfwagen IV Medium Tank
The Panzerkampfwagen IV had the distinction of remaining in production throughout World War II , and formed the backbone of the German arm...
GERMANY Panzerkampfwagen III Medium Tank
It was envisaged in the mid-1930s that each German tank battalion would have three companies of relatively light medium tanks and one compa...
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