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These medium-sized cruiser tanks were the mainstay of British armoured units during the war. Weighing 10-35 tonnes, they were fast and mobile, and were designed to operate independently of the slow-moving infantry and their more heavily armoured infantry tank support. They were built specifically to fight a mobile war against other tanks.
T15 of the Chasseurs Ardennais, recognizable by their Ardennes wild boar emblem. The gun had no protective mantlet. Never before had so many armored vehicles been engaged in various kind of warfare, on so many theaters of operations as in WW2.
The following is a list of Second World War military vehicles organized by country, showing numbers produced in parentheses.
By 1945, typical medium tanks had maximum armor over 60 mm thick, with guns in the 75–85 mm (3.0–3.3-inch) range and weights of 30 to 45 t (30 to 44 long tons). Light tanks, which dominated most armies early in the war, gradually disappeared from front-line service.
14 Σεπ 2024 · Tank - Armoured Warfare, WWII, Mobility: The most effective tank force proved to be the German, composed in 1939 of 3,195 vehicles, including 211 Pz. IVs. What made the German panzers so formidable was that, instead of being divided between various infantry and cavalry tank units, they were all concentrated and used in massed formations in the ...
23 Οκτ 2024 · The M42B1 and M42B3 tanks’ armor was identical to that of the other M4A1 and M4A3 tanks. This armor allowed them to survive in the high-threat environment involved with front-line combat. M42B1. M42B3. Hull: Welded rolled and cast homogeneous steel. Hull: Welded rolled and cast homogeneous steel. Location. Thickness (mm)
The 43rd Tank Battalion, commanded by Lt. Col. Scott Hall, organic to the 12th Armored (“Hellcats”) Division’s Combat Command A, joined with the 17th Armored Infantry Battalion to push German forces out of the town of Herrlisheim in France’s Alsace region.
