When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Germans noticed that their available anti-tank weapons were almost useless against the Soviet modern tank designs, such as the T-34 and KVs. To address this problem, in 1942, the Germans introduced a new StuG III armed with the longer...
Iron Kaputt (Fictional Tank) A long and difficult start While the British and the French were prompt to build their first operational tanks, the German High Command was doubtful of their capabilities. That was until mid-1917 when came the successes that proved any well-coordinated attack using ...
Define Nazi German. Nazi German synonyms, Nazi German pronunciation, Nazi German translation, English dictionary definition of Nazi German. Noun 1. Nazi Germany - the Nazi dictatorship under Hitler Third Reich Reich - the German state Based on WordNet 3.
When the M3, an evolutionary design based on the M2A4, was introduced in March 1941 it was in no way competitive as a battle tank. Certainly it could not compare to the German Mark IV or the British Crusader, let alone the Soviet T-34. However, the M3 was available in numbers suffici...
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos National Laborato...
Soviet Union –After the October Revolution, the USSR would use the Drachenballons used by the former Russian Empire for their own balloon corps. These would be used until at least 1925 when they were replaced by more advanced models. Sweden –Sweden would purchase five Drachenballons from Germa...
German Reich (1942-1943) Heavy Tank – 1 Converted Throughout the Second World War, the German Army captured hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles from countries it invaded. The same was true during the invasion of the Soviet Union. The Germans frequently made upgrades and modifications to ...
German Reich (1944) Medium Tank – 5 Modified The unofficially dubbed ‘Ersatz M10s’ were a cadre of German Panther tanks disguised as American/Allied M10 Tank Destroyers during the Battle of the Bulge in Winter 1944, in the Malmedy region of Eastern Belgium. Also known commonly as the ...
German Reich (1944) Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun (SPAAG) – 205-250 Built As the Second World War progressed, it was becoming obvious to the German tank force that the Luftwaffe (English German Air Force) was slowly losing control of the skies over Europe. In order to protect ...