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WW2 British and French Tanks

Since the birth of the tank in 1916, the British have led the world in both the design and use of armored forces, but by 1939 internal army...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

No sooner was the Tiger in production than the decision was taken to develop an even better armed and armored version, especially to counte...

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....

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 ...

The Panzerkampfwagen IV had the distinction of remaining in production throughout World War II , and formed the backbone of the German arm...

It was envisaged in the mid-1930s that each German tank battalion would have three companies of relatively light medium tanks and one compa...

To bridge the gap until the arrival of the PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IV tanks, a decision was made in 1934 to order an interim model which beca...

In 1933 the German Army Weapons Department issued a requirement for a light armoured vehicle weighing about 5000 kg (11,025 lb) that could...

In 1937 the international situation was rapidly deteriorating, so the Czech army issued a requirement for a new light tank. This time the a...

Although Italy and Japan produced significant numbers of tanks before and during World War II, it is the German tanks which are best known....