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KV-2 (204) – A heavy 52 ton assault tank with the M-10 152 mm howitzer, the KV-2 was produced at the same time as the KV-1. Due to the size of its heavy turret and gun, the KV-2 was slower and had a much higher profile than the KV-1. Those captured and used by the German Army were known as (Sturm)Panzerkampfwagen KW-II 754(r).
By 12 July 1941, the 4th MC had 45 new vehicles out of the original 414. By 27 June, the 6th MC had ceased to exist, having lost all 450 new tanks. By 7 July, the 8th MC had 43 tanks (both old and new) out of an original 899. By 7 July, the 15th MC had 66 tanks (both old and new) out of an original 749.
IS tank family. Turret side: 90 mm at 20° angle. The IS tanks ( Russian: ИС) were a series of heavy tanks developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The IS acronym is the anglicized initialism of Joseph Stalin ( Ио́сиф Ста́лин, Iosif Stalin ).
Maximum speed. 37 km/h (23 mph) The IS-2 ( Russian: ИС-2, sometimes romanized as JS-2 [note 1]) is a Soviet heavy tank, the second of the IS tank series named after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. It was developed and saw combat during World War II and saw service in other Soviet allied countries after the war.
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Penguin (missile) A U.S. Navy SH-60B Seahawk helicopter fires an AGM-119 missile off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, in July 2002. The Penguin anti-ship missile, designated AGM-119 by the U.S. military, is a Norwegian passive IR seeker -based short-to-medium range anti-ship guided missile, designed for naval use.
Electric power distribution is the final stage in the delivery of electricity. Electricity is carried from the transmission system to individual consumers. Distribution substations connect to the transmission system and lower the transmission voltage to medium voltage ranging between 2 kV and 33 kV with the use of transformers. [1]
Operational. range. 220 km (140 mi) Maximum speed. 43.5 km/h (27.0 mph) The T-28 was a Soviet multi-turreted medium tank. The prototype was completed in 1931, and production began in late 1932. It was an infantry support tank intended to break through fortified defences. The T-28 was designed to complement the heavier T-35 (also multi-turreted ...