By Marisa Belhote
/ May 13, 2022
Russia (1997) Upgraded infantry fighting vehicle - 1 prototype The Soviet BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle is a historically very significant...
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By Marisa Belhote
/ May 11, 2022
Soviet Union (1963-1964) Infantry fighting vehicle - 1 prototype The evolution of warfare and technologies in the years following the...
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By Arturo Giusti
/ May 9, 2022
Kingdom of Italy (1943) Armored Personnel Carrier - Paper project The FIAT 665NM Blindato con Riparo Ruote was an Italian...
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By Marisa Belhote
/ May 7, 2022
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (1977-present) Main battle tank - 330 delivered Algeria achieved independence from France in 1962 after...
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By Arturo Giusti
/ May 6, 2022
Italian Social Republic (1944 - 1945) Light armored car - 2 or 6 built The Carrozzeria Speciale su SPA-Viberti AS43,...
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/ May 4, 2022
USA / Austria - 1919 Infantry Fort - None built World War One was, by 1918, the largest and most...
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By Pavel Alexe
/ May 2, 2022
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/ April 30, 2022
Tank Encyclopedia®: The Destination for Tank enthusiasts, since ten years. 7,000,000 visitors, 1,300+ pages
If you are interested in history in general and warfare in particular, Tank Encyclopedia is the place to find ALL armored vehicles that ever roamed the battlefield, from H.G. Wells’ “land battleships” to the latest main battle tanks, our articles cover all eras of armor development and cover a wide swathe of armored vehicle designs ranging from bridge layers and engineering vehicles to tank destroyers and troop carriers. You can also find articles on “softskin” vehicles, anti-tank weaponry, tactics, battles, and technology. Ten years of nerdy obsession for the tracked kind.
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The Four Eras We Cover:
WW1: Mud, Barbed Wire and Trenches The United Kingdom and France started development of tanks in order to break through enemy lines. They were intended to breach no man’s land, but the tank quickly became a killing machine integrated in combined arms operations.
WW2: Proving Ground For Armoured Warfare: For the first time, large numbers of Tanks and Armoured vehicles would combat one another. From the jungles of Pacific Atolls to the arid desert of Libya, the icy and windy steppes of the Soviet Union and the rainy bocage of Normandy.
The Cold War: East vs West: Two opposed superpowers led to the splitting of the world into East and West. The USA and USSR, together with their own alliances, forged a new generation of armored vehicles learning from numerous proxy wars.
The Modern Era: Are Tanks Still Relevant?: Despite numerous prophets heralding the demise of the tank, armor is still an important branch of all the World’s militaries. There are no signs of this changing soon, with the development of tanks continuing to adapt to the modern battlefield.
