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The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite armour and computer stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets multiple kilometres away. Many tanks had smoothbore guns with a calibre around 120mm.
Submitted designs and drawings of the vehicle went under the names OKH Auftrag Nr. 30404 and E-30404/1, which were presented in December 1942. The tank was planned to be 1000 tonnes, far heavier than the Panzer VIII "Maus", the heaviest tank ever built (weighing 188 tonnes).
Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
M1980/1 NATO reporting name for the T-72 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1980/2 NATO reporting name for the T-64 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1981/3 NATO reporting name for the T-72 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War) M1984 NATO reporting name for the T-72 main battle tank (Soviet Union; Cold War)
The complete vehicle was 10.2 m (33 ft) long, 3.71 m (12.2 ft) wide and 3.63 m (11.9 ft) high. Weighing about 188 metric tons, the Maus's main armament was the Krupp-designed 128 mm KwK 44 L/55 gun, based on the 12.8 cm Pak 44 towed anti-tank gun also used in the casemate-type Jagdtiger tank destroyer, with a coaxial 75 mm KwK 44 L/36.5 gun.
This is a list of named tanks. Canada. Churchill Oke. Bull [2] Beetle [2] M4A2 Sherman. Bomb; Caribou [3] Holy Roller; M4(105) Cougar; People's Republic of China.
A tank recovery version of the Porsche Tiger I , and one Porsche Tiger I, was issued to the 654th Heavy Tank Destroyer Battalion, which was equipped with the Ferdinand/Elefant. In Italy, a demolition carrier version of the Tiger I without a main gun was built by maintenance crews in an effort to find a way to clear minefields.
Leopard 1s in long-term storage, or held by FFG, KMW, and Rheinmetall for resale. Greece [32] Leopard 2A6 HEL: 170 Germany Greece: License built in Greece. Leopard 2A4: 183 Germany: Leopard 1A4/5: 501 Germany: M60A3: 101 United States: M48A5 MOLF: 390 United States: Upgraded with a new Fire Control System similar to the one found on the Leopard ...