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Anti-tank obstacles include, but are not limited to: The Czech hedgehog, dragon's teeth and cointet-element are the most famous types of World War II anti-tank obstacles. Anti-tank trenches were used on the western front during World War I, and in the Pacific, Europe, and Russia in World War II. Anti-tank mines are the most common anti-tank ...
Entwicklung Series Entwicklung series, a comprehensive redesign of German armor from small tracked vehicles to a 100-ton super-heavy tank. Only a single E-100 chassis was completed; Leichttraktor, pre-war light tank, four built; Neubaufahrzeug, pre-war heavy tank design, five built; Panther II, development of the Panzerkampfwagen V "Panther". A ...
Expediency – War is a matter of expedients – von Moltke; Fog, friction, chance – War is characterized by fog, friction, and chance; Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu; Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz
The genesis of the tankette concept was the armoured warfare of World War I. On the Western Front in the later stage of the war, Allied tanks could break through the enemy trench lines but the infantry (needed to take and hold the ground gained) following the tanks were easily stopped or delayed by small arms fire and artillery. The ...
Lunette: an outwork consisting of a salient angle with two flanks and an open gorge. Magazine: a protected place within a fort, where ammunition is stored and prepared for use. Mining: a siege method used since antiquity against a walled city, fortress or castle, where tunnels are dug to undermine the foundations of the walls; also see counter ...
The first generation of main battle tanks was based on or influenced by designs of World War II, most notably the Soviet T-34. [4] The second generation was equipped with NBC protection (only sometimes), night-vision devices, a stabilized main gun and at least a mechanical fire-control system. [ 4 ]
Tank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks.The classification by role was used primarily during the developmental stage of the national armoured forces, and referred to the doctrinal and force structure utility of the tanks based on design emphasis.
The advanced Kontakt-5 explosive reactive armour on this T-90S is arranged in pairs of plates, giving the turret its prominent triangular profile.. An element of explosive reactive armour (ERA) is made of either a sheet or slab of high explosive sandwiched between two metal plates, or multiple "banana shaped" rods filled with high explosive which are referred to as shaped charges.