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Walkaround The Beast Wounded: German Powerful Tank Destroyer Jagdtiger

Most known as the strongest last Tiger, Jagdtiger was a German tank destroyer. They were known for their unrivalled firepower and armor protection that threatened the allied tanks.It was the world’s heaviest armored fighting vehicle used operationally during World War II and was the heaviest...read more

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Despite Suffered From A Steering Problem, The Beast (Jagdpanther) Starts Up And Drives Some Meters

This Jagdpanther, coming from The Weald Foundation was presented as a substitute for the usual Tiger 131 at the Tankfest 2017, which stayed inside the museum because of the Tiger Exibition. Unfortunately suffered from a steering problem and did not participate to the show. Nevertheless, I manage...read more

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When Isolated French Bunkers Delayed The Meuse River Crossing by 1st Panzer Division

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As main part of the Manstein Plan or Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), you know the German Army Group A goal was crossing the Meuse river with the intention of capturing Sedan and pushing northwards towards the Channel coast, in order to entrap the Allied forces that were...read more

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Walkaround The Only Panzerjäger I Still Surviving: The First German Tank Destroyer

The 4.7 cm PaK(t) (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I ohne Turm, translating as "4.7 cm anti-tank gun (Czech) on turretless Pz.Kpfw. I was the first of its kind of tank destroyers in the war. 

It mounted a Czech Škoda 4.7 cm (1.9 in) cm Pak (t) anti-tank gun on a converted Panzer I Ausf. B...read more

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The Battle of Hannut: The First Real Tank Battle of Second World War

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This tank battle, happened between 12 and 14 May 1940 at Hannut in Belgium, contributed decisively to the success of the German operational plan Fall Gelb (Case Yellow), by General Erich von Manstein. The primary purpose of the Germans was to tie down the strongest...read more

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Amazing discovery! Wreck of WW2 Italian destroyer found under the Mediterranean Sea waters

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A new discovery has been done by Paul G. Allen and his research team on boarding of R/V Petrel, his new research vessel outfitted with the latest deep sea exploration technology. It's the wreckage of the Italian destroyer: Artigliere RM. The Italian government was...read more

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American Ingenuity: German Drop Tanks Being Mated to the Underwing Pylon of a P-47

US Troops made good use of large caches of abandoned German drop tanks as Ninth Air Force P-47 Thunderbolt fighter units moved into France in 1944, occupying airfields once used by the Luftwaffe. Empty they must weigh all of 25 pounds!

External drop tanks turned the Republic P-47...read more

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Jagdpanther moving on training ground! - Sexy engine sound! Maybach style!

The beast of the this amazing footage is the WTS Koblenz "Jagdpanther" as it should be seen, out on the training ground. This is one of the three surviving Jagdpanthers have been restored to running condition.read more

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Original Unrestored German 15 cm sFH 18 Howitzer captured by the Soviets is offered for sale!

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Originally from a museum in Holywell, Wales, as other German 15 cm sFH 18 guns shown in UK museums, like Norfolk Tank Museum, this howitzer shows evidences of Russian...read more

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