WW2 Tanks

Designed as a replacement for the older Panzer III and IV models. The Panther had great cross country and long distance engagement rates thanks to ...

In the later stages of WW2 the German military high command began creating a variety of tank destroyers based on the chasis of mostly obsolete tank...

By early to mid 1944 the T-34-85 was present in most Soviet tank units ready to launch Operation Bagration. The T-34-85 was a direct response to th...

The Panzerkampfwagen Tiger II was protected by upto 185mm of frontal sloped armour making it frontally impervious to most allied tanks. It also fea...

Designed in 1928 and fielded by 1932 the Japanese Type 89 I-Go was an effective armoured tank for the missions it was intially tasked with.  Widely...

Better known as a tankette or Heavy Armoured Car the Type 92 was the first tank design of the Japanese Empire. The tankette was ideal for infantry ...

The Churchill was one of the first allied heavy tanks developed and fielded to combat heavy German armoured formation. First entering service in 19...

Mounting a British QF 17-pounder (76.2 mm) gun instead of the typical American 75mm M3 Gun. The Firefly was a more potent and harder hitting tank d...

The IS-2 first entered service with the elite Guards Heavy Tank Regiment of the Red Army in 1944. It was intended as a break through tank due to it...

Based of a slightly longer King Tiger chasis the Jagdtiger was a heavilty armoured tank destroyer armed with a powerful 128 mm Pak 44 L/55 main gun...

Named after the English civil war leader Oliver Cromwell. The Cromwell cruiser tank was the first of the British armed forces to feature armour, mo...

Entering service in 1943 with the Soviet Army the ISU-152 affectionately named "zveroboy" or beast killer was used as mobile artillery due to the p...

Entering production in 1937 the "Matilda" Infantry tank at the time was one of the heaviest and most well armoured tanks of the period. It weighed ...

Entering service around 1941 the Crusader series of tanks were vital for the British war effort during the North African campaign. Despite featurin...

Designed in the early stages of WW2 with the believe that a repeat of the muddy trench warfare of WW1 would be a reality the Tog 2 was over 10m lon...

This Sherman M4A3 (76W) tank was apart of the US Marines 5th Division that landed at the base of Mount Suribachi of Iwo Jima in 1945. In total 23 t...

The development and production of the T28 Super Heavy Tank was focused around it being used to break through German defences like the Siegfried Lin...

The German Panther Ausf A was the early production run for the Panther medium tank. It featured 80mm of frontal hull armour and 100mm of turret arm...

The Panther Ausf. G Panzer rolled out of German factories in late 1943 with a redesigned chasis implemented amongst other minor improvements. Addit...

First introduced in 1936 the Modele R35 was assigned to French tank battalions that served main infantry divisions.  This meant that while the tank...

The Nashorn Panzerjager entered service in 1943 and was a consequence of German encounters against newer Soviet tanks like the T-34 and KV-1 during...

Ravaged by the battle for Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the 2 million casualties of this monumental clash between the German army and Soviet defender...

The heavy KV-1 tank, nicknamed "Russischer Koloss" in German, was able to stop large German formations with infantry support. During the battle of ...

The impressive strength of the KV-2 Soviet Heavy Army Tank was demonstrated in June 1941 near the Soviet village of Raseinai when a single KV-2 suc...

The Panzerkampfwagen III was a medium tank design developed by the German army in the 1930s. It was primary intended to fight other armoured vehicl...

The M4 Sherman tank has a remarkable history as the most widely produced American tank with almost 50000 units built from 1942 to 1957. Although it...

A combined increase in the usage of mine/unexploded ordinance (uxo) combined with a shortage of dedicated mine clearing vehicles lead to many M4 Sh...

The T-34 medium tank, known for its symbol of Soviet abundance and impressive adaptability, had a significant impact on the evolution of tank techn...