Deal struck to send Leopard 1 tanks from Belgium to Ukraine https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/deal-struck-to-send-leopard-1-tanks-from-belgium-to-ukraine/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Belgium #Germany #Russianinvasion #tanks #Ukrainiancounteroffensive

@TucsonSentinel
"...the Warthogs, which were designed 50 years ago to thwart the threat of Soviet tanks..."

If only there was currently a place the Warthog could fight 50 year old Russian tanks. Hmmm.

#ukraine #tanks #warthog

There's a coup attempt in #Russia. Privatised #Tanks versus mercenary #Nazis. There are no good guys. Life's not like Star Wars, eh?

Russian technology at it's best 🙄
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"Furthermore, the behavior of the VBIEDs is expected to be relatively predictable. The occupiers have not yet equipped these vehicles with remote control systems. Instead, they seem to have disabled the throttle pedal using bricks or some other method, causing the vehicle to move in a straight line towards the target." #UkraineWar

The russians Began Using #SuicideVehicles Based on the T-54/T-55 #Tanks
https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/the_russians_began_using_suicide_vehicles_based_on_the_t_54t_55_tanks-7058.html

Russia Ukraine war latest news: Putin’s forces face shortage of tanks as Kyiv’s counteroffensive creeps forward | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-counter-offensive-latest-news-b2359402.html

#Putin
#Russia
#Tanks
#UkraineRussiaWar
#UkraineWar
#RussiaUkraineWar

I always said: "German #Tanks are for the scrapyard." 🙄 And everyone was like: "Let this faggot talk." Tja, who doesn't listen. #Leopard2 likely abandoned then attacked by drone. Eventually destroyed.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/f5pNcQD4gQN0/

On March 22, 2022, #Russian forces brought two #tanks onto the street and proceeded to fire at the #hospital. At that time, there were approximately fifteen people receiving #treatment in the hospital, along with 12 staff members. A woman was in the midst of giving birth. In the basement, amidst the tank fire, medics bravely attempted to provide medical aid to those in need. The tanks persistently fired upon the building in an attempt to completely destroy it

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/17783

The first contract for Valentine V tanks was signed with Vickers-Armstrongs #OTD in 1941. This tank was identical to the Valentine III with the same 3-man turret, but with an American GM 6004 engine instead of a British AEC A190. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/01/a-turret-for-three.html

Much like the Germans, Hungary was also very interested in Czechoslovakian tanks. Trials of a Škoda T-12 (a descendant of the LT vz.35 design) began #OTD in 1940. In the end, the Hungarians only bought a license to build the T-21 medium tank. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2017/06/lt-vz-35-steel-fist-of-first.html

#OTD in 1941 an order was given to equip T-34 tanks with applique armour. Two prototypes were built before the project was abandoned. There would be two more successful attempts to improve the tank's armour, but both were also limited in scope. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/06/temporary-reinforcement.html

#OTD in 1942 the Pz.Kpfw.38(t) was declared obsolete. The chassis was repurposed to build the Pz.Sfl.2 für 7,62 cm Pak 36 tank destroyer, armed with captured Soviet F-22 76.2 mm guns. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2018/03/marder-iii-german-tank-destroyer-on.html

#OTD in 1942 the cost of a KV-1S tank was established. One fully equipped tank cost 295,000 rubles, considerably less than the 523,000 rubles a KV-1 tank cost a year prior. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2017/10/kv-1s-costs.html

The Skink AA Tank was originally built with Hispano-Suiza guns, but a change was requested to use the more readily available Polsten guns. Trials that began #OTD in 1944 revealed that magazine-fed Polstens would be very difficult to fit into the small turret. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2023/03/anti-aircraft-lizard.html

Krupp signed the contract for the VK 36.01 turret #OTD in 1941. This was the fourth heavy tank being designed in parallel by the Germans. This tank failed in part due to the Waffe 0725 squeezebore gun which would have required incredible quantities of tungsten for use in its ammunition. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2018/06/vk-3601h-half-step-from-tiger.html

The next generation of Soviet heavy tanks was established #OTD in 1941. The KV-3 would enter production that year and then prototypes of the KV-4 and KV-5 would be built in 1942. Trials would establish which type of tank would remain in production. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2013/04/prototype-kvs.html

One of the vehicles ordered #OTD in 1943 in response to the Tiger tank was a tank destroyer on the T-34-85 chassis armed with an 85 mm gun. The SU-85 entered production in September, replacing the SU-122 assault gun on the assembly line. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2019/11/long-awaited-tank-destroyer.html

A scandal broke out #OTD in 1942 when a photograph of a Tetrarch tank was published in the USSR. The British considered this tank secret and prohibited any mention of it in media, including Soviet newspapers. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2016/06/tetrarch-in-ussr.html

Comparative trials of two Jagdtigers with different suspensions began on #OTD in 1944. The vehicle with the Porsche suspension vibrated while driving, as a result of which it was the Henschel suspension that went into production. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2022/03/limping-jagdtiger.html

#OTD in 1943 GKO decree #3289ss required an improvement across the board in the armament of Soviet tanks. In part, the IS tanks were now to be built with 85 mm instead of 76 mm guns. Such a tank went into production in September of 1943. #tanks #history #WW2

https://www.tankarchives.ca/2020/07/an-is-in-hand.html

80 Leopard 1 #tanks, which #Denmark and #Germany are transferring, will be ready for deployment in #Ukraine by June 1, — Acting Minister of Defense of Denmark Troels Lund Poulsen.

He assures that "#Leopard-1" can be helpful to Ukrainians, even though they are not as modern as "#Leopard-2".

"They have excellent firepower and can navigate the terrain well. And last but not least, they are very numerous and the Ukrainians need many tanks," Poulsen said. (United24Media)