Tank Corps in an Attack
"Tank Corps in an AttackThere are situations when a tank corps, reinforced with artillery and aircraft, in cooperation with infantry units, will attack the enemy who has prepared his defenses.An...
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"Exploiting a Breakthrough with a Tank Corps in an Offensive OperationIn an offensive operation, the tank corps usually acts to exploit a breakthrough and execute its tasks in the enemy's operational...
View ArticleTank Corps on the Defense
"Defense of a Tank CorpsAs a rule, the tank corps should not be used to defend independently, but there can be cases in which an objective is given that can achieved with a defensive strategy. These...
View ArticleWorld of Tanks History Section: Weathering the Winter Storm
In the winter of 1942, a noose tightened around over 200,000 men in the German 6th Army at Stalingrad. Hermann Goering, the commander of the Luftwaffe, beat his chest promising that aircraft could...
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SR Tanks
Like many nations, Japan wanted to have a light amphibious reconnaissance tank. The idea came up in the 1920s when the country purchased the French AMP amphibious half-tracked armoured car. In 1928,...
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For Infantry, By Infantry
This tank was designed in December of 1942 by Vasiliy Stepanovich Greshnikov, an infantryman, giving a rather interesting view into what infantry wants out of their tank."Explanatory memo"TNPP (Direct...
View ArticleT-50's Growing Pains
"To the People's Commissar of Medium Machinebuilding, comrade MalyshevI report that the proving grounds trials of experimental T-50 tank prototypes produced by factory #174 cannot be completed before...
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VK 70.01 Super Gun
I briefly covered some German superguns before, but the topic is an endless source of amusement, so I present another one: a 150 mm gun for the VK 70.01 (Lowe).Just as the Soviets all but gave up on...
View Article76 mm Gun Accuracy
TankGunDeviation (m at 1000 meters)HorizontalVerticalT-28¹PS-30.340.34T-28¹L-70.410.3T-28¹L-100.390.46A-34²L-110.50.3T-34³F-340.30.31. "History of the T-34 tank" Memorial Museum Complex, Documentary...
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Self Propelled Artillery on a Tractor Chassis
The idea to use tractors as a chassis for SPG was born in the USSR in the 1930s. The SU-2 and SU-4 prototypes were built, but the projects did not move past the prototype stage. On the other hand, the...
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HTZ-16: Improvisation on an Industrial Scale
Improvised armour vehicles appeared during WWI, but the phenomenon became truly commonplace during the Spanish Civil War. The most common type of vehicle was the improvised armoured car, but armoured...
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37 mm Anti-Tank Rifle
"Rolling Company-level 37 mm Anti-Tank RifleCombat mode. Elevation angle 15°.General characteristics of the systemThe purpose of the system is to serve as company level anti-tank armament. It uses a...
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Firing on the Move
Trials to determine accuracy of the T-28 armed with an L-10 gun on the move were performed while driving at a speed of 12-14 kph, firing at a target 800-1000 meters away. The trials were performed in...
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Field Repairs
The Red Army began the Great Patriotic War with a noticeable lack of any engineering equipment imaginable, and things only got worse when production was refactored to boost the output of tanks at the...
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Char B1 bis: General Estienne's Legacy
On March 16th, 1934, after almost 13 years passed since the medium Char B program was launched, the French infantry command ordered the first seven Char B1 tanks. This decision was controversial. Yes,...
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Char B1 ter: Pointless Modernization
In 1936, only two years after a decision was made to put the Char B1 into production, work on its modernization began. Mostly, it entailed improving the armour and armament. In April of 1937, the first...
View Article76 mm M7 Gun Trials
"ConclusionsThe conclusions of trials of American armour piercing-tracer M-62 shells against armour described in table #17 and illustrated in the graph shows that:The penetration quality of American 76...
View ArticleBlocking Detachments
Hollywood likes to show Red Army blocking units as ruthless killers that machinegunned down anyone who took a step back from the front lines. In reality, their job was a lot less bloody and a lot more...
View ArticleHeavy Tank Costs
"To the Chief of the BTU, Military Engineer 1st Grade, comrade KorobovFollowing decrees issued by the Government, the Kirov factory is building a series of experimental vehicles without having any...
View ArticleMysterious British Tank
The Soviet Union had an extensive network of intelligence agents in Great Britain, who were able to recover a great deal of information that the British weren't willing to hand over themselves....
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