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A13 Mk III Cruiser Tank Mk V Covenanter

In the second half of the 1930s, based on geopolitical developments, most of the world's powers were preparing for armed conflict. Based on the experience of World War I, it was clear that tank units will play a key role.
🕔︎ 29.01.2019 👁︎ 4.307

Generaloberst Erwin Jaenecke

Erwin Jaenecke (1890 - 1960) German army officer who took part in the fighting of World War I and World War II.
🕔︎ 07.06.2008 👁︎ 14.753

History of the 6th Ranger Battalion

After the occupation of New Guinea, General Douglas MacArthur began preparations for a landing in the Philippine Islands scheduled for October 1944. Part of these preparations was the decision of the commander of the 06th Army, Lieutenant General Walter Krueger to form a battalion of rangers.
🕔︎ 21.07.2008 👁︎ 7.724

Konštantín Kmeť

A brief description of my activities in the underground movement in Slovakia and on the borders in the years 1939-1945.
🕔︎ 03.03.2011 👁︎ 9.985

Leopard 2 (S)

In the years 1984 to 1987, a study called MBT 2000 took place in Sweden, which compared the possibilities of possible modernization of Centurions or Stridsvagn 103, the purchase of a foreign tank or license, or focus on developing own new machine.
🕔︎ 18.11.2019 👁︎ 4.014

Leopard 2A4

The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German Army. It is armed with a 120 mm smoothbore cannon made by Rheinmetall, and is powered by a V-12 twin-turbo diesel engine made by MTU Friedrichshafen.

🕔︎ 14.01.2023 👁︎ 2.754

Leopard 2AV

During 1973, negotiations took place between the governments of the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany to standardize the components of their tank armament for the 1980s. These were concluded by the signing of a cooperation agreement, which was signed on December 11, 1974 and was supplemented by an amendment in July 1976. Part of the agreement also discussed joint tests of the German Leopard 2 prototype and the American XM1 prototype, co-produced by Chrysler and General Motors.
🕔︎ 16.04.2021 👁︎ 3.203

Mildred Elizabeth "Axis Sally" Gillars

Biography of the American radio actress and presenter of the German radio station Großdeutschen Rundfunk, Radio Berlin during the Second World War.
🕔︎ 04.01.2008 👁︎ 7.128

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