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Category: AFV Alphabet

ZSU-57-2

AFV Alphabet: Z is for ZSU-57-2

Posted on 15th August 201610th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
The ZSU-57-2 entered service in 1955, providing the Warsaw Pact armies with a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun that could accompany the advancing armies. The hull is based on a lightened T-54 chassis.... Read More
Yeramba

AFV Alphabet: Y is for Yeramba

Posted on 6th July 201614th June 2019 by Russell Phillips
The Australian Regular Army was formed in 1947, and was to include armoured formations. Experience in World War II had shown that armoured units needed armoured, self-propelled artillery. It was soon ... Read More

AFV Alphabet: X is for X1

Posted on 10th May 201610th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
Like Q, X is something of a challenge. Luckily, however, the Brazilians built the X1 light tank. During World War II, Brazil received around 220 M3 light tanks from the US. By the 1970s, these vehicle... Read More
Wiesel

AFV Alphabet: W is for Wiesel

Posted on 12th April 201610th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
The Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carrier is a small, light vehicle, produced in several different variants. It was developed by Porsche during the 1970s to fulfill a West German Bundeswehr requirement for ... Read More
Valentine IX at Bovington Tank Museum

AFV Alphabet: V is for Valentine

Posted on 14th February 201620th September 2021 by Russell Phillips
The Valentine tank (officially the Tank, Infantry, Mk III, Valentine) was a British World War II infantry tank. It entered service in 1940, and proved to be a very reliable design. It saw combat in No... Read More
Urutu

AFV Alphabet: U is for Urutu

Posted on 21st October 201510th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
The EE-11 Urutu is a wheeled, 6×6 armoured personnel carrier developed by Engesa of Brazil, and shares many components with the EE-9 Cascavel armoured car. Production began in 1974, and it was ad... Read More
Tiger 131 at Bovington Tank Museum

AFV Alphabet: T is for Tiger

Posted on 22nd September 201510th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf E might be an obvious choice, but it’s such an iconic vehicle that I decided it deserved a place. The Tiger was developed in response to Soviet tank designs su... Read More
Sexton 25-Pounder Self-Propelled Gun Howitzer

AFV Alphabet: S is for Sexton

Posted on 13th August 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
By 1942, the British army in North Africa had decided that it needed self-propelled guns, and the hastily-created Bishop self-propelled 25 pounder wasn’t good enough. They had adopted the Americ... Read More
1924 Rolls-Royce Armoured Car with modified turret, in the Bardia area of the Western Desert, 1940

AFV Alphabet: R is for Rolls-Royce Armoured Car

Posted on 18th May 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
The Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) created the first British armoured car squadron in September 1914, requisitioning all Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost chassis for the new vehicle. The design had a fully ar... Read More

AFV Alphabet: Q is for Al-Qaswa Logistics Vehicle

Posted on 4th May 201510th April 2018 by Russell Phillips
I have to admit that finding an entry for Q was a challenge, and as it is, I haven’t been able to find a picture of the Al-Qaswa under a licence that allows me to use it here. There are some goo... Read More
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