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 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 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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A heavy tank is a tank classification produced from World War I to the end of the Cold War. These tanks generally sacrificed mobility and maneuverability...
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Armoured fighting vehicle (redirect from Armoured fighting vehicle classification)
T29 Heavy Tank Classification by relative size was common, as this also tended to influence the tanks' role. Light tanks are smaller tanks with thinner...
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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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Tanks were an important weapons system in World War II. Although tanks in the inter-war years were the subject of widespread research, few were made, in...
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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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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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Lists of armoured fighting vehicles (redirect from List of tanks)
guns List of main battle tanks by country Armoured fighting vehicle classification Tank Tank classification History of the tank This article includes a...
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A 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 vehicles....
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Stridsvagn 122, variants of the Leopard 2. History of the tank Tanks in World War II Tank classification List of military vehicles Military equipment of Sweden...
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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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A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks. It is smaller with thinner armor...
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The infantry tank was a tank concept developed by the United Kingdom and France in the years leading up to World War II. Infantry tanks were designed to...
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medium, and heavy tank respectively. The official Italian military tank classification differed from contemporary classifications in other countries...
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Tankette (redirect from Small tank)
designated tankettes Ford 3-Ton M1918 Infantry fighting vehicle Tank classification Tedesco, Vincent J. III (2000), The Revolution After Next (PDF),...
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Carro armato (category Tanks of Italy)
medium, and heavy tank respectively. The official Italian military tank classification differed from contemporary classifications in other countries...
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number Tank classification Jagdtiger – a comparable German vehicle for anti-tank use. Entered limited production. Tortoise heavy assault tank – a comparable...
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Medium Mark C. During the interbellum British tank experiments generally followed these basic classifications, which were made part of the overall doctrine...
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M24 Chaffee (redirect from M-24 light tank)
than 25 short tons, taking it out of the light tank classification, and so was designated as the Medium Tank M7. The weight increase without increased power...
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vehicles by model number Tank classification British Excelsior - two prototypes built; did not enter service British Churchill - heavy tank, entered service 1941...
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The FV 214 Conqueror, also known as tank, heavy No. 1, 120 mm gun, Conqueror was a British heavy tank of the post-World War II era. It was developed as...
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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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The BT tank (Russian: Быстроходный танк/БТ, romanized: Bystrokhodnyy tank/BT, lit. "fast moving tank" or "high-speed tank") was one of a series of Soviet...
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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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907 Tank classification History of the tank Tanks in World War I Comparison of World War I tanks List of interwar armoured fighting vehicles Tanks in World...
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KV-4 (redirect from KV-4 heavy tank)
proposed Soviet heavy break-through tank, developed during World War II as a part of the Kliment Voroshilov tank design series. In early 1941, Soviet...
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The Tank Museum (previously the Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England. It...
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Panther tank, officially Panzerkampfwagen V Panther (abbreviated Pz.Kpfw. V) with ordnance inventory designation: Sd.Kfz. 171, is a German medium tank of World...
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