Sweden to buy German tanks, modernize equipment with $1.97bn upgrade
Sweden is purchasing 44 new German Leopard 2 A8 main battle tanks and plans to modernize its existing fleet of 66 Leopard 2 ...
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American Tanks vs. German Panzers: The Untold Story of the M4 Sherman
German tanks boasted better armor protection ... more lethal tanks almost by the month. A new, more lethal version of the Panzer IV, the so-called “Mark IV Special,” had appeared three months ...
This WWII Tanker took more than 20 prisoners while armed only with a spoon
Following a fierce tank battle, a WW II tanker managed to bamboozle both Italian and German troops into surrendering to a ...
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With his track ablaze, this soldier found a way to destroy an enemy tank
The German equivalent of the M4 Sherman, the Panzer IV’s main armament had evolved from a short 75mm gun for infantry support to a true battle tank with a longer 75 capable of knocking out an ...
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75 years ago, US soldiers spent their first days in Europe fighting 'the other Battle of the Bulge'
Troy, New York — In the earliest days of 1945 ... He fired on approaching German tanks and panzer grenadiers, repeatedly defeating the German attacks and killing 40 of the enemy.