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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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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

Nashorn ("rhinoceros" in German) was a German tank destroyer of World War II. Although it was lightly armored, its heavy 88mm gun could frontally penetrate any Allied tank at long range, and its ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The M18 Hellcat was an American tank destroyer of World War II. Armed with a 76 mm cannon, the vehicle was the fastest tracked armored fighting vehicle during World War II, with a top speed up to ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

The BT tanks (BT is the acronym for "fast tank" in Russian) were a series of Soviet fast tanks produced in large numbers between 1932 and 1941. They were lightly armored, but reasonably well-armed ...

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

The Kliment Voroshilov (KV) tank was a Soviet heavy tank named after the Soviet defense commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov and used by the Red Army during World War II. The KV series were ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

T-34 was a Soviet medium tank, often considered the best tank of World War II. Its 76.2 mm high-velocity gun was the best tank gun in the world at that time, its heavy, sloped armor was impenetrable ...

Domain: History; Category: World history

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