The tanks the Germans used in WWII are known as Panzers. There were six Panzer models produced during the war, although each had some variations. The largest were also known as the Panther, the Tiger, and the King Tiger tanks. Who built the Panzer tank?
At the end of WW1, the British Tank Corps was in the process of bringing into service large numbers of new machines, the Mk VIII heavy tank, the Mk IX troop carrier, the rather faster Medium B’s and C’s and some of the rather more radical D’s. A brief description of each of ...
The Renault FT-17 has already been covered in some detail – suffice it to reiterate that the large fleet of Renault FT-17 tanks with which the French Army ended WW1 would remain the mainstay of the French armoured forces through to the mid-1930’s, when they began to be rapidly replac...
German Empire (1900-1918) Superheavy Tank – Fictional In the 1990s, television in post-Soviet countries was experiencing a wave of freedom. With entertaining, satirical, and political plots galore, the era was remembered not just for its sense of impunity and permissiveness, but also for the ...
United Kingdom (1934-1940) Infantry Tank – 139 Built In September 1939, the United Kingdom and her Empire embarked on yet another war with Germany over the future of Europe. Despite a rearmament program started at the end of the 1930s, Britain had entered the war ill-prepared for the ...
France (1918-1933) Amphibious Heavy Tank – None Built Designer Louis Paul André de Perrinelle-Dumay was born on 11th February 1864 in Versailles and joined the Navy in 1881. He served on various ships in the years before WW1, including the battleships Dévastation and Charlemagne. He was ...