langs: 21 августа [ru] / august 21 [en] / 21. august [de] / 21 août [fr] / 21 agosto [it] / 21 de agosto [es]

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

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Tank / Tank

#1 Monument to Soviet Tank Crews

The Monument to Soviet Tank Crews (Czech: Památník sovětských tankistů ) was a World War II memorial located in Prague . [1] It is also known as the Pink Tank because it was controversially painted pink in 1991, first by installation artist David Černý and a second time by members of parliament in p

• ... cow's side. Černý later proposed a new statue: a pink tank buried three-quarters in the ground. On 21 august 2008, the pink hull of a tank was unofficially installed on the spot. It has a white invasion strip ...

#2 Oshkosh M-ATV

The Oshkosh M-ATV is a Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected ( MRAP ) vehicle developed by the Oshkosh Corporation for the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program. Intended to replace M1114 HMMWVs (Humvee), it is designed to provide the same levels of protection as the larger and heavier previous MRAPs,

• ... idered responses from more than 20 companies to a Request for Information (RFI)/market survey dated 21 august 2008 and in mid-November 2008 the U.S. government issued a pre-solicitation for an M-ATV. In early ...

#3 Tanks of France

French development into tanks began during World War I as an effort to overcome the stalemate of trench warfare , and largely at the initiative of the manufacturers. The Schneider CA1 was the first tank produced by France, and 400 units were built. The French also experimented with various tank desi

• ... on 1 August 1944, his 2nd Armored Division participated in the battle of the Falaise Pocket (12 to 21 august ) where they all but destroyed the 9th Panzer Division and went on to liberate Paris . Allied troops ...

#4 Vimoutiers Tiger tank

The Vimoutiers Tiger tank is a World War II German Tiger I tank on outdoor display at Vimoutiers in the Orne Department , Normandy , France. The tank was abandoned by its crew in August 1944 during the latter stages of the Battle of Normandy . Originally resting in a ditch by the side of the road, i

• ... junction of Anglo-Canadian and Polish forces in the north and US and French forces in the south. On 21 august 1944, along with other German tanks ( Panthers , Panzer IIIs and IVs and other Tigers) and a variet ...

#5 BTR-70

The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier ( Russian : бронетранспортер / Bronetransporter , or literally "Armoured Transporter") originally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing code GAZ-4905 . On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into Soviet servi

• ... ally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing code GAZ-4905 . On august 21, 1972, it was accepted into Soviet service and would later be widely exported. Large quantities were ...

#6 M60 tank

The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. [1] Although developed from the M48 Patton , the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank . The US Army considered

• ... ation Nickel Grass that transferred M60 tanks to support Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War . On 21 august 1976, President Ford conferred with Henry Kissinger and green lighted Operation Paul Bunyan with a ...

#7 Panzer I

The Panzer   I was a light tank produced in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Its name is short for Panzerkampfwagen   I ( German for " armored fighting vehicle mark I"), abbreviated as PzKpfw   I . The tank's official German ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz.   101 ("special purpose vehicle 101").

• ... r of Vehicles Additional Information October 1936 41 Formed part of the Condor Legion December 1936 21 august 1937 30 End of 1937 10 January 1939 30 Total: 132 WORLD WAR II IN CHINA In 1937, around ten Panzer ...

#8 Mareșal (tank destroyer)

The Mareșal (meaning " marshal "), also known as the M-tank , was a Romanian-produced light tank destroyer from World War II . Romania was a member of the Axis powers and created the vehicle in response to the Soviet T-34 and KV-1 tanks. It is credited with having inspired the German Hetzer 's desig

• ... e M-05 prototype was tested preliminary at the end of May, then tested continuously from 24 July to 21 august . However, there are no mentions about tests of the previous prototypes. Indeed, the "M" Battalion w ...
• ... ement and obstacle clearance. It was much praised by the attending German officers. From 24 July to 21 august , M-05 underwent further confirmatory tests which were then interrupted by a failure in the gun moun ...