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unusual facts about heavy tank


Heavy tank

The immediate post-war period saw the final fielding of heavy tanks, including the US M103 heavy tank, the British FV214 Conqueror, and the French ARL 44, all in response to the Soviet heavy tanks of the period.


Gigantomania

Albert Speer reports in his memoirs that Hitler's irrational obsession for the gigantic was also demonstrated in his demand for super-heavy tanks, which had limited usability in the battlefield.

Pierre Billotte

Billotte served in the 1st Compagnie of the 41st Tank Battalion, equipped with the Char B1 heavy tank.


see also

A20 heavy tank

The A20 heavy tank was a British Harland and Wolff tank which did not enter production but of which a downsized version by Vauxhall Motors became the A22 Churchill tank.

Joseph A. Farinholt

In the enemy's final attempt on November 26, they attacked with a heavy force that included Tiger I tanks from schwere Panzer Abteilung (Funklenk) 301 (translated as the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion radio control).

P1000

Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte, design for a super-heavy tank for use by Nazi Germany during World War II

Sotka

T-100 "Sotka", a Soviet heavy tank prototype considered while developing the Kliment Voroshilov tank

T29

T29 Heavy Tank, an American heavy tank project started in March 1944

Tanks of the U.S. in the Cold War

Two battalions detached from the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood Texas, the 6th Medium and 64th Heavy Tank Battalions, were fully equipped with M46 Patton tanks.

Tiger tank

Tiger I, or Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. E, a German heavy tank produced from 1942–1944

Tiger II, or Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Ausf. B, a German heavy tank produced from 1943–1945, also known as Königstiger, King Tiger or Royal Tiger