Ukrainian leaders, with an eye on the tough battles widely assumed to lie ahead in the spring, had urged Germany to send its vaunted tank, the Leopard 2. Berlin resisted .
The top ten tanks today are the German KF51 Panther, the American Abrams M1A2, the Russian T-14 Armata, the Korean K2 Black Panther, the Chinese T-99, the German Leopard 2, the French Leclerc XL, the British Challenger 2, the Israeli Merkava V, and the Japanese Type-90. Each tank is competing for superior firepower, mobility, and strength, but
But there have been very few tank war movies. "Fury," released in 2014, was one of the first movies to focus on war as seen from the perspective of a tank commander. Several other movies have used tanks for part of the action, war or no war. Here's a chronological best-and-worst list of tank movies: 01. of 06.
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Nazi Germany's Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI—or Tiger I —soon earned a devastating reputation on
It was based on KV-1 heavy tank and was armed 152mm howitzer.It was nicknamed Zveroboi (Animal Killer). At the end of 1943, a new assault gun, the ISU-152, based on IS-2 heavy tank was produced. It was armed with a very powerful 152mm howitzer. The shell of this gun could penetrate any part of the Tiger’s armor and even cut the turret from
Comparing: IS-2 vs. Tiger I. Soviet IS-2 tanks were exported to China in the early 1950s and were used during the Korean War from 1950 through 1953. According to U.S. reconnaissance data, at least four Chinese tank companies deployed in Korea had the IS-2 tank, with five tanks in each company. The IS-2 remained in Chinese service until the late
Ironically, the even heavier guns used by the Tiger and Panther tanks were tremendous overkill against the Allied medium tank’s armor. A well-designed tank can sometimes survive penetrating hits 5AWMbAb.