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Tank / Tank

#1 Tanks in World War I

The development of tanks in World War I was a response to the stalemate that developed on the Western Front . Although vehicles that incorporated the basic principles of the tank (armour, firepower, and all-terrain mobility) had been projected in the decade or so before the War, it was the alarmingl

• ... er pushed by tracked tractors to shield the advancing infantry. Churchill, in turn, wrote a note on 5 january to Prime Minister H. H. Asquith and warned that the Germans might any moment introduce a comparable ...

#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

• ... 1 (VK 4501) Wa Prüf 6 [lower-alpha 6] 21 October 1941 VK 4501 (H) Wa J Rue ( WuG 6) [lower-alpha 7] 5 january 1942 Tiger H1 (VK 4501 – Aufbau fur 8,8 cm Kw.K.Krupp-Turm ) Wa Prüf 6 February 1942 Pz.Kpfw. VI (V ...

#3 Schneider CA1

The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA ) was the first French tank , developed during the First World War . Tank Schneider CA Schneider tank Type Tank Place   of   origin France Service history In   service 1916–1918 (France) 1921–1936 (Spain) Used   by France Kingdom of Italy Spain W

• ... nsions at the front and rear end to improve its trench-crossing capacity and successfully tested on 5 january 1916. [6] Final caterpillar test, on 21 February 1916, before the mass order of the Schneider CA1 t ...

#4 BvS 10

The BvS10 ( Bandvagn Skyddad 10) is a tracked articulated amphibious all-terrain armoured vehicle produced by BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds of Sweden. [1] This vehicle, referred to as the All Terrain Vehicle (protected) - ATV(P) or Viking by the UK forces , was originally developed as a collabo

• ... r , built jointly by ST Kinetics and Thales . [13] SWEDISH ORDER Eldenhet 98 IRIS-T SLS launcher On 5 january 2012, it was announced that the Swedish Armed Forces decided to procure 48 units of the model BvS10 ...

#5 Panzer IV

The Panzerkampfwagen IV ( Pz.Kpfw. IV ), commonly known as the Panzer IV , was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War . Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161 . German WWII medium tank Panzerkampfwagen IV Sd.Kfz. 161/VK 622 (Ausf

• ... 50% of Panzer IV production would be fitted with 30 mm (1.18 in) thick additional armour plates. On 5 january 1943, Hitler decided that all Panzer IV should have 80 mm (3.15 in) frontal armour. [39] To simplif ...

#6 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle ( EFV ) (formerly known as the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle ( AAAV )) was an amphibious assault vehicle developed by General Dynamics during the 1990s and 2000s for use by the U.S. Marine Corps . It would have been launched at sea, from an amphibious assault

• ... ive this statement, which did not reflect his actual feelings on the issue. [24] In an interview on 5 january 2011 with Bloomberg Businessweek , Duncan D. Hunter , a member of the House Armed Services Committe ...