Tank A: Yugoslavian medium tank This Yugoslavian tank was called the vehicle A (or Type A). The basic idea was to produce a copy of the Soviet tank T-34. Teski Tenk Vozilo A (Heavy Tank Type A) – This was a 1949 Yugoslav tank based on the T-34 design. A total…

Panzerkampfwagen II LT vz. 35: light tank The Panzerkampfwagen 35(t), commonly shortened to Panzer 35(t) or abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. 35(t), was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Nazi Germany during World War II. The letter (t) stood for tschechisch…

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945. From the late 1950s, the T-54 eventually became the main tank…

The Tiger I 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…

Infantriefahrzeug (If.) 5 Wagen Made in Germany in 1938 Weight: 540 kg Armament: 2 × anti-aircraft gun Zwillingssockellafette (ZwiSoLa) MG 34

The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially 76-mm Gun Tank, M41, was an American light tank developed for armed reconnaissance purposes. It was produced by Cadillac between 1951 and 1954 and marketed successfully to the United States Army as a replacement for its…

The AMX-40 was a French main battle tank developed by GIAT during the latter stages of the Cold War as an export tank to replace the earlier AMX-32. Designed to be an inexpensive tank orientated towards militaries with smaller defence budgets, the AMX-40…

The Schneider CA 1 (originally named the Schneider CA) was the first French tank, developed during the First World War. It was designed specifically to open passages for the infantry through barbed wire and then to suppress German machine gun nests. Motor:…

The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier (lit. ’armored carrier’) originally developed by the Soviet Union during the late 1960s under the manufacturing code GAZ-4905. On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into Soviet service and would later…

The Panhard ERC (Engin à Roues, Canon; “Engine with wheels, cannon”) is a French six-wheeled armoured car which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof. While various models were tested, only two versions of the ERC entered production…

The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like India, Indonesia…

Horch 108 Typ 1B. Variants: Ford EGa Horch 108 is a German off-road vehicle of World War II. It is a member of the family of standardized, multi-purpose heavy passenger cars. Made in Germany in 1939 Crew: 8 persons Engine: 8 cylinders Power: 81 HP Speed:…

Armoured fighting vehicle Fiat by Izhorsky factory. Crew – 5 people. Armament: 2х7.62 mm “Maxim” machine gun (model of 1910), 6000 cartridge. Engine by Fiat, carburetor. Power – 72 hp. Museum of the Soviet Army, Moscow Izhorskiye Zavody or Izhora Plants is…

Konkurs. GRAU index: 9P148 The main purpose of the 9P148 combat vehicle is the transportation, guidance and launch of anti-tank guided missiles 9M111-2 or 9M113. The launch of missiles is possible from prepared and unprepared firing positions, in addition…

The MT-LB (literally “multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored”) is a Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious, tracked armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in Poland, where (starting in the mid-1990s) its YaMZ engine was…

The T-62 is a Soviet medium tank that was first introduced in 1961. As a further development of the T-55 series, the T-62 retained many similar design elements of its predecessor including low profile and thick turret armour. In contrast with previous tanks…

BRM-1 is a combat-reconnaissance vehicle. Developed on the basis of BMP-1 in KB “Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant” and was created as a replacement in reconnaissance units of the light floating PT-76 tank. Serially produced at the Kurgan Auto Plant. Vadim Zadorozhny’s…