Category: AFV Alphabet
AFV Alphabet: O is for OT-64
The OT-64 is a wheeled armoured personnel carrier, developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a joint project between Poland and Czechoslovakia. It is similar in concept and design to the Soviet B... Read More
AFV Alphabet: N is for Nahuel
The Nahuel (“Tiger” in Mapuche, an aboriginal langauge) was an Argentinian World War II medium tank, designed in 1943. Although the design was indigenous, it was influenced by the US M4 Sh... Read More
AFV Alphabet: M is for Maus
A turretless prototype was ready by the end of 1943, and tests were carried out with a mock turret. The extreme weight meant that Maus could not cross bridges, and so an alternative solution had to be... Read More
AFV Alphabet: L is for Light Tank, Marks I to VI
Although “light tank” can be a generic term, in this case it refers to the series of light tanks (Marks I to VI) produced by Vickers for the British Army in the inter-war period. I’m... Read More
AFV Alphabet: K is for Kangaroo
The Kangaroo was an early armoured personnel carrier, created by simply removing the turret from a tank or (as in the photograph above), by removing the main armament from a self-propelled gun. It was... Read More
AFV Alphabet: J is for Jaguar
The Jaguar 1 and Jaguar 2 are West German ATGM-armed tank destroyers, also known as Raketenjagdpanzer 3 and Raketenjagdpanzer 4, respectively. They were conversions of earlier tank destroyers. The Jag... Read More
AFV Alphabet: I is for Infanterikanonvagn 91
“Ikv 91 a” by Mats Persson – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The Infanterikanonvagn 91 is a Swedish tank destroyer that entered service in 1975. Designed... Read More
AFV Alphabet: H is for Hornet
The FV1620 Humber Hornet was an early ATGM carrier, which mounted two Malkara missiles on a Humber Pig APC. The missiles were carried on a retractable boom at the rear, which was lowered for transport... Read More
AFV Alphabet: G is for Gvozdika
The 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122mm howitzer was accepted for service with the Soviet army in 1970 and began volume production in 1971. The hull is made of welded steel, based on the automotive comp... Read More- 2 of 3
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