The Black Prince was a modernization of the Churchill VII tank featuring a wider hull and a larger turret with a 17-pounder gun, but the same engine and transmission despite weighing 10 tons more. #OTD in 1945 the contract for 300 units was cancelled. #tanks#history#WW2#WWII
Today’s “Odd Tank” is the 🇺🇸 American ‘M24 No. 594’
In 1946 a study on foreign running gear was conducted on a turretless M24 Chaffee Light tank, numbered as 594, which used the tracks and wheels from the Sd.Kfz. 8 halftrack (seen in picture 4). The turret was removed for this study to lower the weight of the vehicle to better match the weight capacity of the suspension system.
Meet the WWII Tank Killer That Became the A-10’s Forgotten Grandfather
Long before the Warthog, Germany built the Henschel Hs 129 a heavily armored tank hunter designed for low altitude ground attack during World War II.
Armed with a massive 75 mm anti tank cannon and protected by a steel “armored bathtub” cockpit, the Hs 129 sacrificed speed for survivability and devastating firepower.
Couple screenies of the rex as far as current progress goes still got some things that need doing like animations,saddle and etc but things are shaping up nicely
screenshots were taken by cosmicman
It's both funny and sad that one of the most effective ways to get engagement on this platform is to act like you've never spent a day on Earth and post something so dumb people should instantly see that you're clearly joking but at least half of them won't
The first T32E1 prototype was finished #OTD in 1946. The only difference between this and the base T32 is that the hull armour was rolled instead of cast. Neither variant saw mass production. #tanks#History