A Japanese Type 97 Shinhoto Chi-Ha tank war discovered during a search expedition of Russia's Defense Ministry and the Russian Geographical Society on the island of Shumshu of the Kuril Islands chain.
The Type 97 ShinhoTo Chi-Ha was a Japanese medium tank used in World...read more
Here we can see some test of a M4A4T Sherman tank, which is being restored by the UNIVEM, a french WW2 reenactor group based in Versailles, near Paris, France, during the 2016 "Heritage Days" (the M4A4T was the M4A4 reequipped with a 9 cylinder radial engine instead of the Chrysler Multibank)....read more
This is an amazin story, which all of us have the hopeless that will be a very successful. This M3 Grant Light Tank was originally used by the British army in North Africa. The tank sustained battle damage from German anti tank and small arms fire during it's tour of duty.
The fourth and, as it proved, the most enduring of the main types of tank with which Germany rearmed and entered the Second World War was the Panzer IV.
The ordnance inventory designation of Panzerkampfwagen IV (PzKpfw
The Tatra OT-810 half-tracked transporters were designed in early the fifties in Tatra koprivnice, Czechoslovakia, and produced until 1963. Based on German half-tracked Sdkfz. 251. Recently, many of the OT-810 have been turned into WWII like Sdkfz carriers.
Charts features black & white drawings of front and profile views of various light, medium and heavy tanks and self-propelled weapons. Included are American, Russian, German, Italian, Japanese, and English vehicles.read more
The Panzerattrape 82/3 was a peculiar variant of the Type 82 Kubelwagen. It was a mock-up armoured vehicle/command car with machine gun-fitted turret over the cabin. The function of this car was to deceive the enemy. A simple visual Kubelwagen was suddenly a...read more
Pskov was one of the first Russian cities to be struck by World War II. From the early months of the war till July 1944, the Pskov region was occupied by German troops, and it became a common grave for thousands of soldiers. Many have yet to be identified or even found.
After World War II, demilitarized Shermans were widely available and relatively cheap. Many were heavily modified for use in the construction, forestry, and mining industries. Often, the turret and upper hull were completely removed and replaced with whatever equipment was required for the...read more
Photo's Only - M4A1(76)W Sherman La Roche-en-Ardenne, Belgium. This M4A1(76)W Sherman with nickname AMBOY was placed in 2004in the town of La Roche-en-Ardenne as a memorial. It replaced a M26 Pershing tank that was on the same spot. That M26 Pershing went to Le Camp Roi Albert in Marche.