The Tsar Tank (Russian: Царь-танк, transcription: Tsar'-tank), also known as the Netopyr' (Russian: Нетопырь, which stands for Pipistrellus, a genus of...
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Turtle Tank (Russian: царь-мангал, Tsar Mangal) is a series of modified Russian T-62, T-72 and T-80 tanks supplied with an improvised steel roof and siding...
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tractor Walter armored vehicle Vezdekhod Vezdekhod No.2 Tsar tank Mendeleev Tank (project) Rybinsk tank Ground Battleship (Земной броненосец) - project Drizhenko...
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A super-heavy tank or super heavy tank is any tank that is notably beyond the standard of the class heavy tank in either size or weight relative to contemporary...
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development. Alternative early 'big wheel' designs on the lines of the Russian tsar tank of 1915 were soon understood to be impractical. However, adapting the...
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The Tsar Bomba (Russian: Царь-бомба, romanized: Tsar'-bomba, IPA: [t͡sarʲ ˈbombə], lit. 'Tsar bomb'; code name: Ivan or Vanya), also known by the alphanumerical...
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A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower...
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A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in...
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to produce tanks which later made the famous T-34 and other Soviet tanks. Imperial Russia had flirted with some designs such as the Tsar Tank which was...
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military engineer, mostly known as the main developer of the Lebedenko Tank, or the Tsar Tank, which was the largest armored vehicle in history, constructed in...
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The British Mark V tank was an upgraded version of the Mark IV tank. The tank was improved in several aspects over the Mark IV, chiefly the new steering...
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second French tank to enter service during the First World War, with 400 manufactured from April 1917 to July 1918. Although not a tank by a strict definition...
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four) was a British tank of the First World War. Introduced in 1917, it benefited from significant developments of the Mark I tank (the intervening designs...
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The M1917 was the United States' first mass-produced tank, entering production shortly before the end of World War I. It was a license-built near-copy...
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A medium tank is a classification of tanks, particularly prevalent during World War II, which represented a compromise between the mobility oriented light...
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in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom. In the...
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Tank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks. The classification by role was used primarily during...
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A heavy tank is a tank variant produced from World War I to the end of the Cold War. These tanks generally sacrificed mobility and maneuverability for...
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The cruiser tank (sometimes called cavalry tank or fast tank) was a British tank concept of the interwar period for tanks designed as modernised armoured...
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The history and development of tanks in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps can be broken down into smaller categories: their origin during World War I;...
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A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks. It is smaller in size with thinner...
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Renault FT (redirect from FT-17 tank)
a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. The FT was the first production tank to have its armament...
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heavy tanks were a series of related armoured fighting vehicles developed by the UK during the First World War. The Mark I was the world's first tank, a...
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List of combat vehicles of World War I (section Tanks)
(radio tank) Souain armoured tractor † Germany Marienwagen I † Orion Wagen I † Treffas Wagen † Italy Gussalli assault car † Russia Tsar "tank" † United...
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Vezdekhod was portrayed in propaganda as the first tank. The Tsar Tank, also known as the Lebedenko tank after its designer, was a tricycle design vehicle...
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The Mark VIII tank also known as the Liberty or The International was a British-American tank design of the First World War intended to overcome the limitations...
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Medium Mark A Whippet (redirect from Whippet (tank))
medium tank employed by the British in World War I. Intended for fast mobile assaults, it was intended to complement the slower British heavy tanks by using...
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first jet airliner, the Tupolev Tu-104. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank project. M-17 - BMW VI built under licence AM-34 AM-35 - Super charged...
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This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Polish army from their first use after World War I, into the interwar period, during...
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