langs: 30 декабря [ru] / december 30 [en] / 30. dezember [de] / 30 décembre [fr] / 30 dicembre [it] / 30 de diciembre [es]

days: december 27 / december 28 / december 29 / december 30 / december 31 / january 1 / january 2

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Tank / Tank

#1 Char 2C

The Char 2C , also known as the FCM 2C , was a French heavy tank , later also seen as a super-heavy tank , [1] developed during World War I but not deployed until after the war. It was, in total volume or physical dimensions, the largest operational tank ever made. [2] French super-heavy tank This a

• ... ee of the Assault Artillery on 16 and 17 January 1917, after the basic concept had been approved on 30 december . This proposed tank was the most advanced design of its time; it was received very favourably, also ...
• ... ion should be "orientated towards small types and very large types". [3] During the next meeting on 30 december , Estienne was surprised to discover that for no clear reasons a 105 mm gun was planned. He himself ...
• ... powerful combat vehicle capable of having an important negative effect on enemy morale. Already on 30 december , minister of munitions Louis Loucheur had thought that France "hadn't a minute to lose" and suggest ...

#2 M3 Stuart

The M3 Stuart , officially Light Tank, M3 , was an American light tank of World War II . An improved version entered service as M5 . It was supplied to British and other Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied force

• ... h African campaign ; about 170 were used by the British forces in Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 december 1941). Stuarts were the first American-crewed tanks in World War II to engage the enemy in tank ver ...

#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

• ... units fought in Normandy in 1944, and there were still twelve S 35s listed as in German service on 30 december 1944. After the Fall of France , work on new designs, such as the Char G1 , officially halted, alth ...

#4 T-64

The T-64 is a Soviet [3] [4] [5] second-generation main battle tank manufactured in Kharkiv and designed by Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov . The tank was introduced in the 1960s. It was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62 : the T-64 served in tank divisions, while the T-62 supported infantry in

• ... ekt 432 was ready in September 1962 and production started in October 1963 in the Kharkiv plant. On 30 december 1966, it entered service as the T-64. T-64A Obyekt 447 at the National Museum of the History of Ukr ...

#5 T-26

The T-26 tank was a Soviet light tank used during many conflicts of the Interwar period and in World War II . It was a development of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank and was one of the most successful tank designs of the 1930s until its light armour became vulnerable to newer anti-tank guns. [3] It w

• ... esign of 30–40 mm appliqué armour for all types of single-turreted T-26s during the Winter War . On 30 december 1939, factory tests proved that the T-26 with appliqué armour successfully resisted fire from a 45 ...

#6 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

• ... .V. and I./Panzer-Regiment 202 ). [27] There were still twelve S 35s listed as in German service on 30 december 1944. Some of the captured S 35s were delivered to German allies: 32 to Italy in 1941, two to Hunga ...