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Category Archives: Armor
Panzer V Panther Ausf D
The Panther Tank belongs on any short list of the most important tanks of World War II. And while, in some senses it was truly a brilliantly engineered Armored Fighting Vehicle, it came with some significant downsides. Let’s take a … Continue reading
T-34-85
The main production version of the well known T-34 tank in the last two years of the War. Let’s take a quick look at key medium tank.
Sd.Kfz.234/2 Puma
A late-War armored car saw service from 1943 to the end. Let’s take a quick look at the Wehrmacht’s ultimate Armored Car.
M20 Armored Utility Vehicle
This light armored vehicle was in broad use with US and allied forces from the middle of 1943 to the end of the War. Let’s look at a common, and often unrecognized vehicle.
Panzer III Ausf.N
Panzer III is one of those weapons that went from state of the art, to obsolete over the course of the War. Let’s take a look at the final form of this medium tank.
Churchill Mk VII Crocodile
The heaviest tank used by the western Allies, the Churchill Infantry Tank proved very useful in spite of some notable deficiencies. Let’s take a quick look at an important part of the British arsenal.
Nashorn – Sd.Kfz 164
Another of Germany’s fearsome tank destroyers, the Nashorn served from mid-1943 to the end of the War. We’ll take a quick look at this well known hunter.
Su-122
This Soviet mechanized artillery is somewhat like the German Stug III because it was directly inspired by it. Let’s take a quick look at an idea that worked well for both combatants.
Panzer VI Tiger
Germany’s famous, and very heavy Tiger tank entered production Summer of 1942. Time for a quick look at one of the very first to see combat.
M4A1 Sherman
The Sherman Tank served almost every place the US Army did in World War II. Let’s take another look at the ubiquitous Sherman.
Plane Dave 