These included the Type 4 Ke-Nu (Ha-Go with an early Chi-Ha turret), Type 3 Ke-Ri (would-be replacement of the Ha-Go), and the Type 5 Ho-Ru (tank destroyer prototype armed with a 47mm gun). The Ha-Go was also one of the only WW2 Japanese tanks to see service in another ...
German Reich (1944-1945) Tank Destroyer – Partial Blueprints and Sketches Only Most German vehicles from the latter period of World War II were developed to have either thick armor combined with powerful guns, such as the Maus or Jagdtiger, or standardized for easier and cheaper production, ...
During one battle, the 630th Tank DestroyerBattalion reported knocking out 53 Tigers,Panthers and 15 StuG III Assault Guns, witha loss of 17 M-18's. Total production was2,507 unlike other tank destroyers, the M-18was powered by a 9-cylinder radial engine.At the end of W.W.II,all ...
Tank Destroyer Battalion Bataillon de destroyers de chars Batallón destructor de tanques Batalhão do Destruidor de Tanques танковыйдивизионэсминцев دبابات المدمرة كتيبة Panzerröscher Bataillon 戦車駆逐艦大隊 탱크...
A Tank Destroyer Battalion Could be assigned An Armored AA Battalion Could be assigned These units could be broken down into smaller, usually company sized sub units and assigned to the Combat Commands depending on the needs of the missions. The Armored Division was intended to be a self-contai...
With just four M18 tank destroyers of the 705thTank Destroyer Battalionto assist, the paratroopers of 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment attacked units of the 2nd Panzer Division, whose mission was to proceed by secondary roads via Monaville (just northwest of Bastogne) to se...
The 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion: Fighting on Both FrontsCunningham, Roger D.Journal of America's Military Past
By nightfall on December 22 casualties among the armored infantry at Martelange 1 290 THE UNKNOWN DEAD were so high that some of the 704th Tank Destroyer Battalion's men were told to stand by as replacements. Only in mid-afternoon... ...
The panther tank wasn’t an infantry tank, it was a tank destroyer. His role wasn’t to blow stuff up but to engage enemy tanks. The sherman tank was a relatively good tank and it was on par with the PzIV or the t-34s, they all had their strengths and weaknesses. John says:...
ww2dbaseLike all German tanks of the war the PzKpfw IV's chassis was widely used as the basis for various specialist vehicles such as the StuG IV assault gun, JagdPanzer IV tank destroyer, and various anti-aircraft vehicles, armoured recovery vehicles and bridge layers. Throughout its long pr...