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The Panther had an excellent combination of firepower, mobility, and protection. The Panther proved to be deadly in open country and long range engagements against tanks like the T-34, but vulnerable in close quarters combat.

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The T-34-85, aside from the enlarged turret ring for the new turret, used the same T-34 hull design. Armor was still about 45 mm thick, sloped at 60 degrees for a 90 mm effective thickness. The Christie suspension was retained, as well as the diesel engine. However, the biggest difference in the...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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 Lieutenant) March 12, 2017

David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, presents the thirty-third Tank Chat on the fascinating insight into pre-Second World War German tank production and how the Panzer III worked alongside it's fellow Panzers. 

The Panzer III was conceived in 1934 as the principle combat tank of the...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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 Lieutenant) March 02, 2017

Work on the Sturer Emil began in as early as 1939, when the German army had need of an effective weapon against the reinforced Maginot Line. But by 1942, the situation had changed fundamentally: France had already fallen, and Germany was waging an entirely different war against the USSR. At the...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 23, 2017

We are sure you can't wait more time to go to "The Tiger Collection" exhibition, which will open in early April, in time for Easter Holidays 2017, at The Tank Museum, Bovington (Dorset, UK).

One of the most important atractions of this new exhibition, supported by World of Tanks, is the...read more

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 Lieutenant) February 12, 2017

Awesome and rare footage of the Panzerkampfwagen VI, the Tiger Tank. This tank was the first tank in the world can shoot down enemy tank from about 1,5km. read more

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 Lieutenant) February 12, 2017

German Medium Tank Panzerkampfwagen / Panzer IV Ausf. G in action in Stahl auf der Heide 2014. 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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