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T-34-85 tank on display Soviet T-80 tank on display In 1937, a separate design bureau was established to build a replacement for the BT tank series, under the supervision of Mikhail Koshkin . Koshkin pushed the boundaries of the specification given to him, and further development led to the T-34 , the most-produced and one of the best known ...
M728A1s of 72nd Engineering Company, 24th Infantry Division, inspecting a mine-clearing rake, Operation Desert Storm 18-FEB-1991 They were active during the Desert Shield phase of the Gulf War in clearing suspected minefields and in creating temporary defensive fighting positions and staging areas in the deserts near the Iraqi Saudi border.
Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), also known as Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers, is the title given to a series of armoured military engineering vehicles operated by the Royal Engineers (RE) for the purpose of protecting engineers during frontline battlefield operations.
This is a list of Japanese Army Military Engineer Vehicles during World War II.Included are diverse types of armored lumberjacks, mine clearing vehicles, engineering vehicles, construction and repair vehicles, recovery cranes and other materiel used by Imperial Japanese Army engineer units during World War II.
The Panzer III was the first tank to have a 3-man turret: the commander did not have to double up as a loader or a gunner, so he could concentrate on commanding the tank. Variants: Panzer III A-F= armed with 37 mm L/45 gun; Panzer III F-M = armed with 50 mm L/42 or L/60 gun; Panzer III N = armed with 75 mm L/24 gun, used for Infantry support
Two M9 ACEs staged ready to go out on a mission in Iraq The engine, drive train, and driver's compartment are biased toward the rear of the vehicle, while the front comprises an 8.7 cubic yard (6.7 m 3 ) bowl, apron, and dozer blade with a composite aluminum ejector which can unload ballast and or cargo quickly in combat or hostile conditions.
Unlike the Bundeswehr Military History Museum, which presents the development of military in a historical-social context, the WTS focuses on technologies in defense engineering. Along with the German Tank Museum in Munster, the Army History Museum in Vienna, the Swiss Military Museum in Full, the Bovington Tank Museum, and the Tank Museum in ...
Kill and losses of heavy tank battalions (1942–1945): [1] Unit Losses Destroyed Ratio 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion: 120: 450: 3.75 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion: 107: 1,400: 13.08 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion: 252: 1,700: 6.75 504th Heavy Panzer Battalion: 109: 250: 2.29 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion: 126: 900: 7.14 506th Heavy Panzer Battalion ...