United States of America (1941) Medium Tank – 1,000 Planned, 12 Built As early as summer 1941, it was outlined in the design of the Medium Tank T6 – the future M4 Sherman – that consideration be given to a degree of modularity when it came to the tank’s main gun. It was hoped...
Soviet Union (1920) Light Tank – 15 Built On March 19, 1919, the young Soviet state acquired its first FT tanks. This acquisition followed the victory of General Grigoriyev Nikifor’s 2nd Ukrainian Soviet Army over the Interventionist White Forces in a battle near the German colony of ...
Nowhere was the decline of the once invincible German Army better illustrated than in its armored component. A 1940 panzer division fielded 328 tanks of all types, with five mechanized infantry battalions plus engineer, antitank, and reconnaissance battalions. By comparison, in 1944 a full-strength...
3/ In the Purchase Screen, Anti Tank Guns, Field Guns and Mortars that are combined with transport units will now ONLY show the vehicles capable of transporting the gun selected so in a formation that might have a wide range of gun/mortar choices couple with a wide range of towing vehicles...
2m tall, any tank that fits the 4-mil triangle top to bottom is roughly 500m away – a handy way to get a quick estimate. Document Author: Zheriz Zheriz’s WW2OL Guide: Zeiss Sights Comments or Errors? ww2ol@adelphia.net Page 5 of 5 Document Version: May 20, 2005 Combat Us...
Armed by 40mm/45 in tank gun turrets (From Turán I tanks). They included coaxial 8mm MGs and two more MGs were installed in single mounts inside the deck house, firing through three loophopes. The armoured casemate protected the deck house, the magazines and machinery. They were bad sea...
German Reich (1944) Tank Destroyer – Fake The E 100 super heavy tank is one of the most fascinating tanks of Nazi Germany. While it does not have near-mythical combat legends of the Tigers or the sheer weight of the Maus, its partially built hull was impressive enough to cement it into...
The M22 Locust came about in 1941 as a request from the British War Office for a bespoke air-deployable tank. Until this point, the British had been using the Light Tank Mk.VII Tetrarch for the role. The Tetrarch did not start out as an airborne tank however, so it was believed to ...