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January 20, 2021

Tank Chats #92 | Challenger 2: Part 1 | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons — Tags: AFVs, ColdWar, Design, Innovation, Museum, NATO — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 20 Dec 2019

Part 1 of a two-part episode on Challenger 2. As David Willey had so much to say about this British in-service vehicle, it has been split into two parts. This first part looks at the design and development of Challenger 2. With thanks to the British Army for their assistance.

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January 12, 2021

Tank Chats #91 | Centurion Conway | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons — Tags: AFVs, Design, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 13 Dec 2019

Here David Fletcher examines a prototype variant of the Centurion – the Conway, fitted with the American 120mm gun.

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January 9, 2021

Tank Chats #90 | M26 Pershing | The Tank Museum

Filed under: History, Military, USA, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, KoreanWar, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 29 Nov 2019

David Fletcher examines the American M26 Pershing “Heavy” tank. The Pershing saw service in the latter days of the Second World War and Korea.

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January 7, 2021

Banzai Tank Charge – Saipan 1944

Filed under: History, Japan, Military, Pacific, USA, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Infantry, Saipan, USMC — Nicholas @ 04:00

Mark Felton Productions
Published 6 Jan 2020

The story of the largest tank battle of the Pacific Campaign on the island of Saipan.

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January 5, 2021

Tank Chats #89 | Universal Carrier | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Design, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 22 Nov 2019

David Fletcher takes a look at the Second World War Universal Carrier, a light tracked armoured vehicle and the most produced armoured fighting vehicle of WW2.

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December 30, 2020

Operation Nordwind 1945 – The ‘Other’ Battle of the Bulge

Filed under: France, Germany, History, Military, USA, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Army, Hitler — Nicholas @ 04:00

Mark Felton Productions
Published 29 Dec 2020

The stories of the last big German offensives on the Western Front in WWII — Operations Nordwind and Sonnenwende in Alsace, France, January 1945.

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December 10, 2020

Tank Chats #88 | Valentine Archer | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Artillery, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 15 Nov 2019

David Fletcher looks at the Valentine Archer, a British self-propelled gun based on a Valentine tank chassis and fitted with a 17-pounder gun.

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December 3, 2020

Tank Chats #87 | Locust | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, USA, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Museum, SpecialForces — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 25 Oct 2019

David Fletcher looks at the M22, dubbed the ‘Locust’ by the British during WW2. The M22 saw service with the British Airborne during the Rhine Crossing in 1945.

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November 26, 2020

Tank Chats #86 | Coventry Armoured Car | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Fail, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 18 Oct 2019

David Fletcher looks at the British WW2 Coventry Armoured Car. It never saw service and was already considered obsolete by the time it was built.

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November 18, 2020

Tanks Chats #85 | M46 Patton | The Tank Museum

Filed under: History, Military, USA, Weapons — Tags: AFVs, ColdWar, KoreanWar, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 11 Oct 2019

David Fletcher takes a look at the M46 Patton tank designed by the United States, which saw action during the Korean War.

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November 9, 2020

Tank Chats #84 Leopard PRTL | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Germany, History, Military, Weapons — Tags: AFVs, ColdWar, Museum, Netherlands — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 6 Sep 2019

For TANKFEST 2019, The Tank Museum was extremely lucky to be able to display the Leopard PRTL courtesy of The Historic Collection of the Royal Netherlands Army, in cooperation with the National Military Museum of the Netherlands.

David Willey explores how the self-propelled anti-aircraft system, based on a Leopard 1 tank, works and operates, alongside some footage of the PRTL in action.

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October 23, 2020

Tank Chats #83 Valiant | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Fail, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 30 Aug 2019

Described by David Fletcher as the worst tank at The Tank Museum! Find out how the WW2 Valiant tank failed in quite so many areas.

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October 19, 2020

Tank Chats #82 Challenger 1 | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Britain, History, Middle East, Military, Weapons — Tags: AFVs, ColdWar, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Museum, NATO — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 9 Aug 2019

David Willey, The Tank Museum Curator, discusses the development and deployment of the UK’s Main Battle Tank from 1983 – 2001, the Challenger 1.

Challenger 1 was in service with the British Army and saw action during the First Gulf War. It remains in service with the Jordanian Army.

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October 16, 2020

Tank Chats #81 Goliath | The Tank Museum

Filed under: Germany, History, Military, Weapons, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Design, Innovation, Museum — Nicholas @ 02:00

The Tank Museum
Published 2 Aug 2019

Curator David Willey talks through the aptly-named Goliath, a WW2 German tracked mine.

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October 6, 2020

⚜ | The Great Tank Destruction Myth ft. The Chieftain

Filed under: Britain, Germany, History, Military, Russia, USA, WW2 — Tags: AFVs, Aircraft, AirForce, Artillery, Psychology — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 24 May 2018

Planes kill tanks in the thousands, Sir! Why, do they really? Lets find out.

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