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Brief descriptions of the most important tanks and tank destroyers of the Second World War - the machines that changed the history.

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Churchill is a heavy British infantry tank used in the Second World War. It was one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war, used by British and Commonwealth forces in North Africa, Italy and ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Elefant was a heavy tank destroyer of the German Wehrmacht used in small numbers in World War II. It was built in 1943, and was characterized by a powerful 88mm main gun and a rather thick armor.

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Jagdpanzer 38(t), later known as Hetzer, was a German light tank destroyer of the Second World War. It was intended as a replacement for the weak-armored tank destroyers Marder and Nashorn. It ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The Jagdpanther, or "hunting panther" in German, is a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service late in the war (1944) and ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Jagdtiger ("Hunting Tiger") is a German heavy tank destroyer of World War II. The Jagdtiger was the heaviest armored fighting vehicle operationally used during World War II. It carried a 128 mm main ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The IS tank (IS stands for Josef Stalin in Russian) is a heavy tank developed as a successor to the KV-series by the Soviet Union during World War II. The heavy tank was designed with thick armor to ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

Tiger II, also known as the King Tiger, is a German heavy tank of the Second World War. The tank had a thick sloped armor, which was the result of combining certain features from its predecessor, ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

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