langs: 2 августа [ru] / august 2 [en] / 2. august [de] / 2 août [fr] / 2 agosto [it] / 2 de agosto [es]

days: july 30 / july 31 / august 1 / august 2 / august 3 / august 4 / august 5

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Tank / Tank

#1 T-34

The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940. Its 76.2   mm (3   in) tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries [8] while its 60 degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The Christie suspension was inherited from the design of American J. Walter Christi

• ... surface as possible." [33] However, a Military Commissariat Report of the 10th Tank Division, dated 2 august 1941 reported that within 300–400 m the 37 mm Pak 36's armour-piercing shot could defeat the fronta ...

#2 T-72

The T-72 is a family of Soviet / Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. [10] The T-72 was a development of the T-64 , which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refurbishment has enabled man

• ... 281 tanks, including 6 T-72s, 165 Chieftains, 70 Vickers and 40 Centurions. [102] On the morning of 2 august , near the Mutla Pass , a tank battle took place between the Vickers tanks of the 6th Kuwaiti Mechan ...

#3 History of the M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been in service since 1980. Since then, it has gone through dozens of upgrades and been the baseline variant of several vehicles.

• ... rew were killed during combat operations in Baghdad, when an IED detonated near their M1A2. [44] On august 2, 2006, an M1A1 commanded by US Marine Sgt. George M. Ulloa was hit by two IED's in Al Anbar Province ...

#4 AMR 35

The Automitrailleuse de Reconnaissance Renault Modèle 35 Type ZT ( AMR 35 or Renault ZT ) was a French light tank developed during the Interbellum and used in the Second World War. It was not intended to reconnoitre and report as its name suggests but was a light armoured combat vehicle, mostly with

• ... f the first vehicle only began on 14 June 1938. The first two vehicles were sent to Satory on 1 and 2 august 1938. After delivery the Army built in the radio sets; this process was finished for all ten vehicl ...

#5 Leopard 2

The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army . The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the German Army . It is armed with a 120   mm smoothbore cannon, and

• ... Canadian deployment in Afghanistan , [149] with the first tank handed over after upgrading by KMW on 2 august t 2007, [152] [178] and arriving in Afghanistan on 16 August 2007. [154] Two Bergepanzer 3 Büffel we ...

#6 Hotchkiss H35

The Hotchkiss H35 or Char léger modèle 1935 H was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II . Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry because it proved difficult to steer

• ... ire hull. On 30 June 1933, this proposal was approved by the Conseil Consultatif de l'Armement . On 2 august 1933 the specifications were issued: a weight of 6 long tons (6.1 t) and 30 mm (1.2 in) armour prot ...

#7 SOMUA S35

The SOMUA S35 was a French cavalry tank of the Second World War . Built from 1936 until 1940 to equip the armoured divisions of the Cavalry, it was for its time a relatively agile medium-weight tank, superior in armour and armament to its French and foreign competitors, such as the contemporary vers

• ... 934. The prototype, with the name AC3 , was ready on 14 April 1935. It was tested from 4 July until 2 august 1935. Then a pre-series of four was produced of an improved type, the AC4 , to be tested until 27 J ...

#8 Panther tank

The Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated PzKpfw V ) with ordnance inventory designation : Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World War II . It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to the end of the war in May 1945. German medium tank of WWII This

• ... t tank available to the Romanian Army. Batalion Zośka armored platoon on a captured German Panther, 2 august 1944 during Warsaw Uprising Column of Romanian Panthers (Ausf. D and G), received after the war. A ...