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Further deliberation on the VK 70.01’s main armament continued, with Krupp’s favoured 105 mm still being regarded as insufficiently powerful. A turret with longer 128 mm L/35 and 150 mm L/40 turrets would be proposed, with the 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)-long single-piece ammunition for the latter requiring a large overhang over the rear of the turret.
This is a list of VK-designated tanks made by Germany from 1930s until 1945. Versuchskonstruktion (abbreviated to VK or Vs.Kfz.) from Versuchs Kraftfahrzeug meaning "research/experimental vehicle," [ citation needed ] was used in the names of some German experimental or prototype tanks produced before and during World War II .
However, it slowly grew in weight and Henschel redubbed it the VK 36. On May 26 1941, Hitler ordered the production of prototypes for a new heavy tank, resulting in the VK 45 project, and later the VK 45.01 (H) Tiger I. The VK 45.01 (P) or Porsche-Tiger, was later turned into the Ferdinand tank destroyer and used at the Battle of Kursk.
The VK 30.01 (D) and VK 30.02 (D), also known as VK.3001 (DB) were two tank designs made by Daimler Benz submitted for the VK 30 project for a 30 tonne tank to be used by the German army. The Versuchskonstruktion 30.01 (D) and 30.02 (D), in English "experimental design 30 tonnes Daimler", [ a ] was intended to counter the Soviet T-34 and ...
A South African development of the Centurion Tank. The Mk 1 is largely similar to the Centurion, while the Mk 2 has many locally produced components. 2003 South Africa: 26 58 t 1040 hp 500 km Type 74: 1975 Japan: 873 38 t 750 hp 300 km Hilmes puts the Type 74 in the first intermediate generation. Entered widespread use in 1980. Magach 5: 1976
Leopard 2A5s of the German Army (Heer). This article deals with the tanks (German: Panzer) serving in the German Army (Deutsches Heer) throughout history, such as the World War I tanks of the Imperial German Army, the interwar and World War II tanks of the Nazi German Wehrmacht, the Cold War tanks of the West German and East German Armies, all the way to the present day tanks of the Bundeswehr.
The VK 30.01 (P) was the official designation for a heavy tank prototype proposed in Germany. Only two prototype chassis were built. The tank never entered serial production, but was further developed into the VK 45.01 Tiger (P). Porsche called it the Typ (Type) 100. [1]
This new tank chosen from the VK 30 series would become the Panther, replacing the VK 20 series. [5] This decision would place the rushed MAN Panther into production as Germany's new standard medium tank, which was plagued with issues never fully addressed especially those caused by MAN's final drive. [ 6 ]