langs: 27 октября [ru] / october 27 [en] / 27. oktober [de] / 27 octobre [fr] / 27 ottobre [it] / 27 de octubre [es]

days: october 24 / october 25 / october 26 / october 27 / october 28 / october 29 / october 30

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Tank / Tank

#1 Cruiser Mk VIII Challenger

The Tank, Cruiser, Challenger (A30) was a British tank of World War II . It mounted the QF 17-pounder anti-tank gun on a chassis derived from the Cromwell tank to add anti-tank firepower to the cruiser tank units. The design compromises made in fitting the large gun onto the Cromwell chassis resulte

• ... lenger tank crosses a Bailey bridge over the Dommel river in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands . 27 october 1944. No provision was made for deep wading , before the design went into production; as a result, ...

#2 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

• ... roduction might become an obstacle to the planned light tank mass production of the Renault FT . On 27 october the committee advised that the construction of the Schneider CA3 would be suspended in favour of li ...

#3 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

• ... nk Commander's Caliber .50 Machine Gun, M19. [12] The first M19 cupola (a modified T9) was ready on 27 october 1958. It has an M28C sight for the machine gun in the forward part of the cupola and eight vision b ...

#4 AMX-30

The AMX-30 is a main battle tank designed by Ateliers de construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX, then GIAT ) and first delivered to the French Army in August 1966. The first five tanks were issued to the 501st Régiment de Chars de Combat (Tank Regiment) in August of that year. The production versio

• ... kgroup, turning it into FINABEL (the added "A" standing for Allemagne , "Germany" in French) and on 27 october 1956 at Colomb-Béchar a bilateral agreement was concluded between France and Germany to collaborate ...

#5 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

• ... dred, but this was annulled when the ZT 2 was made part of the second order in a number of five. On 27 october 1937 the Renault factory estimated that all ten ZT 2s could be produced simultaneous to the second ...
• ... could not be delivered before the end of April 1937 — the blueprints had not yet been received. On 27 october 1937 — the hulls at Schneider are nearing completion — APX demanded that between 15 and 20 November ...

#6 Stryker

The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III . Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems -Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario . It has four-wheel drive (8×4) and can be switched to all-w

• ... urret ). [88] The first upgraded Stryker, designated XM1296 "Dragoon", was delivered for testing on 27 october 2016, with fielding to begin in May 2018. [89] The first Infantry Carrier Vehicle - Dragoon (ICVD) ...