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B "Königstiger" (Sd. Kfz.182) / VK4503(H) was a heavy tank in the later half of World War II. Armed with an 88 mm L/71 gun, the vehicle could perform well in the defensive role on the eastern and western fronts but was an expensive failure for Nazi Germany when used in an offensive role as a main battle tank. The Tiger II combined one of the ...
Renault FT (most of delivered 36 tanks, 3 tanks captured by Japanese in 1931) M4 Sherman (35 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army) M3 Stuart (M3A3, M5A1) (50 tanks, only used in India-Burma Theater by Chinese Expedition Army) M24 Chaffee – 233. M18 Hellcat.
Before the war, Major Ralph Bagnold learned how to maintain and operate vehicles, how to navigate, and how to communicate in the desert. On 23 June 1940 he met General Archibald Wavell, the commander of Middle East Command in Alexandria and explained his concept for a group of men intended to undertake long-range reconnaissance patrols to gather intelligence behind the Italian lines in Libya. [5]
ADGZ (Steyr) armoured car (52; Austria & Germany) AEC Armoured Car (629; United Kingdom) AEC Armoured Command Vehicle (415; United Kingdom) AH-IV tankette (157; Czechoslovakia) Alecto experimental self-propelled gun, projected terminated with the end of the war. (United Kingdom) AMC 34 light tank (12; France)
Bishop (1945) – covering operation for Dracula. Diplomat (1944) – Allied exercise in preparation for joint operations against the Japanese. Dukedom (1945) – British search and destroy operation for Japanese cruiser Haguro. Exporter (1941) – British and Commonwealth invasion of Vichy French -held Syria.
Type 4 Ho-To SPG prototype with a Type 38 12 cm howitzer. Type 95 heavy tank; 4 built in 1934. Hi-Ro Sha 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis. Ji-Ro Type 92 10 cm cannon self-propelled gun on Type 95 heavy tank chassis. Type 97 Chi-Ni medium tank; one prototype built. Type 98 Chi-Ho medium tank; 4 built, two in 1940 and ...
The Battle of Remagen was an 18-day battle during the Allied invasion of Germany in World War II. It lasted from 7 to 25 March 1945 when American forces unexpectedly captured the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine intact. They were able to hold it against German opposition and build additional temporary crossings.
The Lockheed Corporation designed the P-38 in response to a February 1937 specification from the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Circular Proposal X-608 was a set of aircraft performance goals authored by First Lieutenants Benjamin S. Kelsey and Gordon P. Saville for a twin-engined, high-altitude "interceptor" having "the tactical mission of interception and attack of hostile aircraft at ...