Tank destroyer

“Arracourt was the greatest tank battle of the war on the Allied Front.” This is how US Major General John S. Wood described the Battle of Arracourt, which took place in the last weeks of September 1944 in Northern France. The Allied Forces had landed in Normandy in June 1944, and by the summer had broken out of their beachhead. This started the great pursuit of the German forces across northern France towards the German border. By early fall of 1944, General George S. Patton’s Third Army had raced

The Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser is a large and powerful surface combatant in the United States Navy. The cruiser has the ability to engage short range air, undersea and surface targets, as well as a long range strike capability. With around 300 crew and 30 officers (Navy 4), this billion-dollar warship (Navy 4) can serve in many roles when it comes to the mission of the United States Navy. The Ticonderoga class cruisers’ primary mission is to provide anti-air and long range combat

Belligerents | | United Kingdom, Australia | Italy | Commanders and leaders | Admiral Andrew Cunningham | Admiral Inigo Campioni | Aircraft Carrier | 1 | - | Battleships | 3 | 2 | Heavy Cruisers | - | 6 | Light Cruisers | 5 | 8 | Destroyers | 16 | 16 | ORIGIN OF BATTLE 10. The Battle of Calabria, (known to the Italian Navy as the Battle of Punta Stilo) was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in World War II. It was fought between the Italian Royal Navy (Regia

The United States of America has been involved in many different conflicts, foreign and domestic, popular and unpopular, spanning across four centuries and all corners of the globe. From the warm coastal waters of the American homeland to the atolls of the Pacific, from the winding inland rivers of Vietnam to the chokepoint at the Strait of Hormuz, American sailors have valiantly stood up to defend America’s interests at home and abroad. The Navy has had to continuously update its vessels and technologies

and motive power machinery, electricity generation, as well as textile and printing machinery. Many displayed objects were "instruments of war" such as a gun carried on the backs of three dummy men. Warship firms displayed models of their scouts, destroyers, armed cruisers and torpedo boats. War relics included an astrolabe of 1578, the barge of the great Napoleon, the flat-bottomed boats which the French used when they captured Algiers, and some of the small cannons used on the gunwales of eighteenth

The Imperial Fleet Star Wars include many types of vehicles and vessels, especially for the imperial fleet. There are some of them which are popular among fans. What are they? 1. DP20 Frigate / Corellian Gunship This is one of many sound warship designs that are produced by CEC. In fact, it becomes the most common affiliate of Corellian’s inventions. Though it has compact and small size, it’s considered fast. DP20 frigate is able to carry a similar ship in the same class as well as weighty firepower

For over forty years, the Aegis weapon system has been the main form of defense for the U.S. Navy’s surface ship fleet. Created by Lockheed Martin, this defense system has separated itself from any other since being created in 1983. In a world where defensive threats can come in many forms the Aegis system has adjusted and overcome all possible threats truly making it the most elite and necessary onboard ship system to have. With the use of SPY-1 radar, the Aegis display system, the weapons control

The Beasts of WW2: Tanks “The bigger the tank, the bigger the stopping power”-said Adolf Hitler. Tanks were the main armored vehicle of World War 2 because they were effective on the battlefield and easy to build.Tanks played a major role in the war and could be found in almost all of the battles.Tanks in World War 2 were made better to devastate their opponent both physically and mentally, but they weren’t without flaws. To begin with, tanks are an iconic staple in the military today, but

Versailles forbade Germany from producing tanks. Hitler violated this pact in 1933 when he began reassembling the German ranks of tanks.(Panzer) To hide his true intentions the tanks were officially called agricultural tractors.(Panzerkampfwagens) Of the tanks that were produced in the stretch from 1933 to the end of World War II, the most common series was the Panzerkampfwagen. Panzerkampfwagen and its shortened, more common form, Panzer, is translated in German as tank or armoured vehicle. From 1933 to

Tanks, tanks have always interested me. Ever since I was little I've always had a thing for militaria be it planes or tanks. World War II was the start of true tank combat and new designs of tanks and every other type of military vehicle and weapon.Most people when they think of World War II and tanks, lots of them look at the Sherman in the Tiger who would always be matched up against each other on the Eastern Front. No, I won't be talking about those tanks though, albeit they are the most comparable