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An M4 Sherman tank equipped with flame-thrower in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.
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A Soviet tank faces the badly damaged Reichstag building in Berlin where the last desperate pocket of German resistance was finally crushed, May 1945.
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A tank repair workshop in combat conditions at the front line. Major Cherkushevich’s tank unit. On the right is a T-34-76 tank with an open engine compartment. 1941
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Burnt head of a Japanese soldier propped up on a captured Japanese tank by US Marines in Guadalcanal
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German soldier demonstrating the handling of a Sturmpistole in the anti-tank role, 30 October 1943.
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5th SS Panzer Division Wiking Panther tanks as seen from the periscope of another Panther, summer 1944, Eastern front.
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My great grandfather with his tank he served with panzer rgt 9 and fought at Kursk and Normandy.
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The crew of Eagle 7, an M26 Pershing attached to the 3rd Armored Division made famous for knocking out a Panther by Koln Cathedral on the 6th March 1945. An event that remains one of the clearest tank duels ever recorded
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England, 1944. LtCol Frank Pritchard commanders, captains James Carr, Beauregard King, Robert Finley & and 1stLt Charles L. Thomas. 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion.
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Palestinian boy confronts Israeli tank in Dheisheh refugee camp (Palestinian West Bank), 2 July 2002.
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A cousin of mine was killed on the first day of Operation Cobra on July 26, 1944, when his tank took a direct hit. He was a veteran of the invasions of Sicily & North Africa where he earned the DSC for valor. He served with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division. Humbling.
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M18 Hellcat of US 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion in support of 2nd Battalion of US 397th Infantry Regiment at Wiesloch, Germany, 1 Apr 1945
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Ferdinand heavy tank destroyer assembly line at the Nibelungenwerk Factory in St. Valentin, Austria, 1943
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Commonwealth tank crews being instructed on their newly delivered M3 Grant medium tanks. Early 1942, North Africa.
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Soviet anti-tank gunners during a battle in the area between Kharkov and Belgorod, 1943. Photo by Ryumkin.
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Soviet tankmen of the 6th Seperate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment at rest in East Prussia, April 1945.
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Tanks and mounted troops advance to break up a Bonus Marchers’ camp of veterans protesting lost wages in Washington D.C., July 28, 1932.
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Tanks

An M4 Sherman tank equipped with flame-thrower in the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.

A Soviet tank faces the badly damaged Reichstag building in Berlin where the last desperate pocket of German resistance was finally crushed, May 1945.

A tank repair workshop in combat conditions at the front line. Major Cherkushevich’s tank unit. On the right is a T-34-76 tank with an open engine compartment. 1941

Burnt head of a Japanese soldier propped up on a captured Japanese tank by US Marines in Guadalcanal

German soldier demonstrating the handling of a Sturmpistole in the anti-tank role, 30 October 1943.

5th SS Panzer Division Wiking Panther tanks as seen from the periscope of another Panther, summer 1944, Eastern front.

My great grandfather with his tank he served with panzer rgt 9 and fought at Kursk and Normandy.

The crew of Eagle 7, an M26 Pershing attached to the 3rd Armored Division made famous for knocking out a Panther by Koln Cathedral on the 6th March 1945. An event that remains one of the clearest tank duels ever recorded

England, 1944. LtCol Frank Pritchard commanders, captains James Carr, Beauregard King, Robert Finley & and 1stLt Charles L. Thomas. 614th Tank Destroyer Battalion.

Palestinian boy confronts Israeli tank in Dheisheh refugee camp (Palestinian West Bank), 2 July 2002.

A cousin of mine was killed on the first day of Operation Cobra on July 26, 1944, when his tank took a direct hit. He was a veteran of the invasions of Sicily & North Africa where he earned the DSC for valor. He served with the 66th Armored Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division. Humbling.

M18 Hellcat of US 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion in support of 2nd Battalion of US 397th Infantry Regiment at Wiesloch, Germany, 1 Apr 1945

Ferdinand heavy tank destroyer assembly line at the Nibelungenwerk Factory in St. Valentin, Austria, 1943

Commonwealth tank crews being instructed on their newly delivered M3 Grant medium tanks. Early 1942, North Africa.

Soviet anti-tank gunners during a battle in the area between Kharkov and Belgorod, 1943. Photo by Ryumkin.

Soviet tankmen of the 6th Seperate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment at rest in East Prussia, April 1945.

Tanks and mounted troops advance to break up a Bonus Marchers’ camp of veterans protesting lost wages in Washington D.C., July 28, 1932.

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