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 Lieutenant) April 13, 2017

The Pz. 38(t) was produced into 1942, far after being obsolete, and compared to Pz. III's, they were quite inferior in all parts except fuel consumption and profile size. They were only useful in the invasions of Poland and France for use as a MBT (even though such doctrine didn't exist at that...read more

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This is a 1942 M3A1 Stuart tank in ready for use condition. Here I leave a bit of history about Brazilian Stuart tanks taken from www.globalsecurity.org:  ...read more

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 HQ Batallón) March 05, 2017

This very special episode, is part of a different batch of the Inside the Tanks series. On it they are going to take a slightly different look at not one, but two light tanks: the M5 Stuart and the M24 Chaffee. Both of them American and both extensively used by other armies. 

The M5 was...read more

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This is a very rare PzKpfw II tank replica. This tank was the main battle tank of the Panzertruppen until 1940 and 1941. It played an important role in the early years of World War II, during the Polish and French campaigns, even in North Africa and on the Eastern Front. 

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The Ha-go was the Japanese tank most commonly encountered by allied forces during the Second World War. It was used by the Japanese in China and through the course of the Pacific War. The Type 95 tank was used in combat against China and Russia, as well as fully participating in operations in...read more

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 HQ Batallón) November 12, 2016

The Renault R35 was a French light infantry tank. This tank should replace the older Renault 17 dating back to the First World War. The R35 never fully replaced the R17 but by 1940 about 1,600 had already been produced.

The R35 was a small tank for two crew. The shield used lot of foundry...read more

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 HQ Batallón) November 12, 2016

Most known as Stuart III, this variant had a new turret with turret basket and no cupola. The turret rotated using a power traverse as opposed to the manually rotated M3. Its faster rotation speed required changes in its construction, in particular a basket fitted with seats for the crew members...read more

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 HQ Batallón) November 12, 2016

Detailed images of an unrestored M3A1 Stuart light tank. The tank was one from the batch of 16 M3A1 Stuarts that were found in Brazil a number of years ago and were imported before the clamp down happened.

These tanks formed part of a consignment gifted to Brazil by the US Army between...read more

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The M24 Chaffee was an American light tank, used during the latter part of World War II. The M24 Chaffee was intended to replace the aging and obsolete Light Tank M5 (Stuart), which was used in supplementary roles. 

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 Lieutenant) October 19, 2016

Despite being a conventional pre-World War II tank design manufactured by Czechoslovakia, with riveted armour and rear engine, Germany ordered continue production of the model, because it was considered an excellent tank, especially compared to the Panzer I and Panzer II, that were the...read more

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