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#1 German encounter of Soviet T-34 and KV tanks
Prior to the invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II , the German armed forces were not aware of two newly developed Soviet tanks, the T-34 and the KV . As a result, they were surprised when they met them in combat for the first time in June 1941. The Germans' standard anti-tank weapons wer
#2 ARL 44
The ARL 44 was a French heavy tank , the development of which started just before the end of the Second World War . Only sixty of these tanks were ever completed, from 1949 onwards. The type proved to be unsatisfactory and only entered limited service. The tank was phased out in 1953. Former French
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