langs: 21 апреля [ru] / april 21 [en] / 21. april [de] / 21 avril [fr] / 21 aprile [it] / 21 de abril [es]

days: april 18 / april 19 / april 20 / april 21 / april 22 / april 23 / april 24

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Tank / Tank

#1 Churchill tank

The Tank, Infantry, Mk IV (A22) Churchill was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War , best known for its heavy armour, large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies , its ability to climb steep slopes , and its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles. It

• ... hull down defensive position made a particular contribution to Allied success. In one encounter, on 21 april 1943, during the start of the Battle of Longstop Hill , a Churchill tank of the 48th Royal Tank Reg ...

#2 Tiger I

The Tiger I ( listen   ( help · info ) ) was a German heavy tank of World War II that operated beginning in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions . It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8.8 cm KwK 36 gun (derived f

• ... 103] SURVIVORS RUNNING Main article: Tiger 131 Tiger 131 , Bovington Tank Museum, United Kingdom On 21 april 1943, a Tiger I of the 504th German heavy tank battalion , with turret number 131 , was captured on ...

#3 Tiger 131

Tiger 131 is a German Tiger I heavy tank captured by the British 48th Royal Tank Regiment in Tunisia during World War II . Preserved at The Tank Museum in Bovington in Dorset , England, it is currently the only operational Tiger I in the world. Only operating Tiger I WWII tank in the world Tiger 131

• ... ere preparing a major push toward Tunis , the Germans launched a spoiling attack on the night of 20/ 21 april 1943. [3] Four points were attacked simultaneously, including a pass on the north side of a hill ca ...
• ... hich were supporting the Foresters, and abandoned. This confirms that the Tiger at Djebel Djaffa on 21 april was not 131. [9] [10] PRESERVATION King George VI inspects Tiger 131, Tunis June 1943. The badge of ...

#4 M26 Pershing

The M26 Pershing was a heavy tank / medium tank [1] of the United States Army . The tank was named after General of the Armies John J. Pershing , who led the American Expeditionary Force in Europe in World War I . It was used in the last months of World War II during the Invasion of Germany and exte

• ... h Heavy Panzer Battalion. On 12 April, the Super Pershing claimed a German tank of unknown type. On 21 april , the Super Pershing was involved in a short-range tank duel with a German tank, which it knocked ou ...

#5 British heavy tanks of the First World War

British heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War . The Mark I was the world's first tank , a tracked, armed, and armoured vehicle, to enter combat. The name "tank" was initially a code name to maintain secrecy and disguise its tru

• ... the tanks in France. [5] The first order for tanks was placed on 12 February 1916, and a second on 21 april . Fosters built 37 (all "male"), and Metropolitan Carriage, Wagon, and Finance Company, of Birmingha ...

#6 Mephisto (tank)

Mephisto is a World War I German tank , the only surviving example of an A7V . In April 1918, during a German attack at Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front , it became stuck in a shell-hole and was abandoned by its crew. It was recovered by Allied troops about three months later and, after the w

• ... elatively free from shell craters, and the Allied defences were comparatively weak. On the night of april 21s t, fourteen of the vehicles (one refused to start) were loaded onto trains and taken by rail to Guil ...

#7 AMC 35

The AMC 35 (from Automitrailleuse de Combat Renault modèle 1935 ), also known under a manufacturer's designation Renault ACG-1 , was a French medium cavalry tank of the later Interwar era that served in the Second World War . It was developed as a result of the change of the specification that had l

• ... tanks had already been manufactured; assembly had started on about fifty vehicles. It was agreed on 21 april 1938 to complete 35 vehicles, ten to be delivered to Belgium including the prototype, the counterva ...

#8 Char D1

The Char D1 was an Interwar French light tank . Light tank Char D1 D1 with ST2 turret in 1936 Type Light tank Place   of   origin France Service history In   service 1932 - 1943 Production history No.   built 160 Specifications Mass 14 metric tons (15.43 Short Tons) Length 5.76 m (18 Ft 10.8 In) Wid

• ... tériel obviously being incapable of interesting that nation". In that case, the ministry replied on 21 april , it regrettably had to withhold its permission: no types more modern than the Renault FT or NC coul ...