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Sherman Infantry
I previously presented an instruction manual regarding how many infantrymen got to ride on one tank. In it, the Soviets only fit 6 men on a Sherman. Seems like the Americans came to the same conclusions.
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LT vz. 38: Bestseller from Prague
After the victory in the light tank tender for the Czechoslovakian army, CKD received a contract to build its P-II tank, adopted by the army under the index LT vz. 34. Another tender was declared soon...
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Pz.Kpfw.38(t): Prize from Bohemia
The LT vz. 38, the best Czechoslovakian inter-war tank, is more famous under another name, since it attained fame in another army. Indexed Pz.Kpfw.38(t) in the Wehrmacht, this tank became a symbol of...
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Cheating at Statistics 20: Precision at Pechenegi
The alleged long-range supremacy of German weapons is a common trope in popular history. The dreaded "Flak 88" sets up on a hill and fires at hordes of incoming T-34s or Shermans, racking up a large...
View ArticleZIS-6 Characteristics
"To the Director of the Kirov Factory, comrade Zaltsmann,GABTU Chief, Lieutenant-General of the Tank Forces, comrade FedorenkoOn the issue of installing the ZIS-6 into the KV-3 tankWe accompany the...
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Hellcat Mobility Trials
" Table #5Speed in kphBraking distance in mTime to brake in sec80.50.6 163.41.4247.652.83214.45.74030.19.4When driving at 50 kph, the SPG drifts to the side when brakes are suddenly applied. When the...
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Imagination Versus Hitler
As practice shows, the temptation to make up your own tank is great. Sadly (or thankfully), few people are destined to become tank designers. Here is where limitless human imagination steps in to...
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Steel Chimeras of the Red Army
Scientific and technical progress has always been on the other side of the coin from war. Aiming to obtain instant superiority over the enemy, people who have never thought about the subject were as...
View ArticleArtillery Committee Conclusions on the SG-122
"April 6th, 1942ConclusionsOn the draft project of the 122 mm SPG called "122-SG"1. Contents of the projectThe GAU Artillery Committee received a draft project of a 122 mm howitzer on the chassis of a...
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Phantom French Tanks
As you've seen many times on this blog, foreign intelligence can have some rather amusing turns. However, after fighting a war for 6 years you'd think that the German "Department for Study of Western...
View ArticleZIS-30 Production Plans
"Decree of the People's Council of Defense of the USSRContents: On the production of the 57 mm ZIS-2 gun on the Komsomolets tractor, on the production of 76 mm mod. 1939 (USV) guns on the ZIS-2...
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Hellcat: Highway Tank Destroyer
The 76 mm Gun Motor Carriage M18, more commonly known as the Hellcat, is one of the best known American wartime tank destroyers. With a powerful 76 mm gun and high mobility, the vehicle was an...
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Light Tank M3A3: American Emigrant
The American Light Tank M3A1Â turned out to be a strange tank. On one hand, it had several superior characteristics to its predecessor, the Light Tank M3. Some elements of the design were a definite...
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Svetlana Death Ray
"USSR - People's Commissariat of Aircraft ProductionFactory #454#44917KuybishevJuly 26th, 1941ReportIntroductionAbout three months ago, during a conversation with Doctor of Technical Sciences, G.I....
View ArticleT-40 Tank Destroyer
"To the Deputy Chair of the Council of Defense of the USSR, comrade VoznesenskiySNK and VKP(b) decree #1749-756ss issued on June 25th, 1941, removes the T-40 tank and Komsomolets tractor from...
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Leopard Tracks
While the West seems to have had a very foggy idea of what Soviet tanks were like during the Cold War, Soviet tank designers enjoyed a more accurate picture of their competitors. For example, here is a...
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Char B in German Service
The mistake of choosing a "battle tank" (Char de bataille) as a main tank became obvious during the campaign in France in May-June of 1940. The French tank industry did not manage to shift its gears...
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