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This tank was recovered from the Pirbright fire range in UK, and was then part of Kevin Wheatcroft collection. [4] The project was started on 1 May 2013 and was completed 1 July 2016. [5] The engine and transmission are not original, but were sourced through a surplus FV432 armoured personnel carrier. Social media. The StuG III Ausf.
This degree of armor sloping was not present on either the PzKpfw III or PzKpfw IV tanks, but did appear on other late-war German tank designs such as the Panther tank. The Maybach HL120 TRM engine (in use on both the Panzer III and Panzer IV by 1944) was selected for this new project, and was connected to the SSG-77 transmission (also in use ...
Initially the Panzer III had the same 3.7 cm gun as the infantry used for anti-tank work but later models were given 5 cm gun. This was the largest gun that could be fitted within the limitations of the turret ring but was insufficient against Soviet T-34 and KV-1 tanks.
The 7.5 cm KwK 40 (7.5 cm Kampfwagenkanone [a] 40) was a German 75 mm Second World War era vehicle-mounted gun, used as the primary armament of the German Panzer IV (F2 model onwards) medium tank and the Sturmgeschütz III (F model onwards) and Sturmgeschütz IV assault guns which were used as tank destroyers.
The Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind" (Whirlwind in English) was a German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Panzer IV tank. It was developed in 1944 as a successor to the earlier Möbelwagen self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
Almost simultaneously, the restoration of IS-2 heavy tank was launched. One month later, T-70 tank was also taken to repair shop. They were finished in June and February 2013, respectively. In late 2012 a Renault FT tank was brought from Afghanistan and initially brought to Poznań and exhibited shortly near the Poznań National Museum and the ...
Rheinmetall's turret design had a rounded shape and was armed with a 3.7 cm gun above the 7.5 cm gun, while Krupp's turret was more rectangular and had the 3.7 cm gun mounted beside the 7.5 cm gun. Both turrets were also armed with a co-axial MG-34 machine gun, along with the two sub-turrets at the front and rear of the tank.
3 The Isle of Wight team attempts to pull off an unrivaled feat of military restoration as they endeavor to make one good tank out of two destroyed ones. Their ambitious undertaking involves rebuilding the damaged front quarter of a US Army M4 Sherman by welding on an intact hull section cut from a donor Sherman. The program also examines the ...