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The Obiekt 279, or Object 279, (Объект 279) was a Soviet experimental heavy tank developed at the end of 1959.. This special purpose tank was intended to fight on cross country terrain, inaccessible to conventional tanks, acting as a heavy breakthrough tank.
Kugelpanzer at Kubinka. The Kubinka Tank Museum (Центральный музей бронетанкового вооружения и техники - Tsentral'nyy Muzey Bronetankovogo Vooruzheniya I Tekhniki -Central Museum of Armored Arms and Technology) is a large military museum in Kubinka, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia where tanks, armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) and ...
Side view of the vehicle, 2016 Kugelpanzer information plaque in Russian. The Kugelpanzer ("ball tank") is a one-man armoured vehicle built by Nazi Germany during World War II.
Kubinka (Russian: Ку́бинка) is a town in Odintsovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the Setun River, 63 kilometers (39 mi) west of Moscow. Population: 22,964 ( 2010 Census ) ; [ 3 ] 26,158 ( 2002 Census ) ; [ 7 ] 8,019 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
Two Toldi tanks (one Toldi I and one Toldi IIA) are preserved on display at the Kubinka Tank Museum in Moscow, Russia. It can be seen that on the surviving 38M Toldi I the gun mantlet , guns, lights and rails have been modified or removed, and the right fender is damaged.
The Obiekt 277 (Russian: Объект 277) was a prototype Soviet heavy tank designed in 1957, one of the last heavy tanks to be produced by the USSR. [1] Developed alongside its sister design, the Obiekt 278, as well as the Obiekt 279 and the Obiekt 770, Obiekt 277 was a conventional heavy tank, armed with a powerful gun and was thickly armoured.
It was designed for reconnaissance, communication and infantry support, rather than fighting other tanks. They were used during the Soviet invasion of Poland and in the 1939/40 Winter War in Finland. On display in Hall 8 of the Patriot Museum Complex. Park Patriot, Kubinka, Moscow Oblast, Russia. 25th August 2017: Date: 25 August 2017, 12:18 ...
The USSR had a history of developing SPGs on the basis of existing medium and heavy tanks, such as the SU-85, SU-100 and SU-152. Following the development of the IS-3 and IS-4 heavy tanks after World War II, new SPGs were designed (and produced in the case of the Object 704) on their chassis. These had 152 mm cannons, capable of breaching ...