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Brief descriptions of the most important tanks and tank destroyers of the Second World War - the machines that changed the history.

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The Panzerkampfwagen IV, commonly known as the Panzer IV, was a medium tank developed in Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Designed as an ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The M4 Sherman medium tank is the primary tank used by the United States and the other Western Allies in World War II. Sherman was the second most produced tank of the World War II era, after the ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The M3 Stuart is an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war, and was used by U.S. and ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Tetrarch was a British light tank produced in the late 1930s and deployed during the Second World War. It had very thin armor and a weak 40mm main gun. Its production was delayed by several ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Tiger I is a German heavy tank developed in 1942 and used in World War II. It was designed in an effort to counter the unexpectedly impressive Soviet armor encountered in the initial months of the ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The BT tanks (BT is the acronym for "fast tank" in Russian) were a series of Soviet fast tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armored, but reasonably well-armed ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The M18 Hellcat was an American tank destroyer of World War II. Armed with a 76 mm cannon, the vehicle was the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during World War II, with a top speed up to ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

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