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Category: AFV Alphabet

Humber Pig

AFV Alphabet: P is for Pig

Posted on 20th April 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
The Pig was a simple wheeled armoured personnel carrier, created by fitting an armoured body to a four-wheel drive 1-ton Humber truck. It was intended to be used only as an interim vehicle, until purp... Read More
OT-64 SKOT

AFV Alphabet: O is for OT-64

Posted on 6th April 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
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
Nahuel

AFV Alphabet: N is for Nahuel

Posted on 23rd March 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
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
Maus

AFV Alphabet: M is for Maus

Posted on 9th March 201519th November 2021 by Russell Phillips
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
Light Tank Mark III

AFV Alphabet: L is for Light Tank, Marks I to VI

Posted on 23rd February 201511th November 2020 by Russell Phillips
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
Kangaroo

AFV Alphabet: K is for Kangaroo

Posted on 9th February 201528th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
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
Jaguar

AFV Alphabet: J is for Jaguar

Posted on 26th January 201528th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
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
Infanterikanonvagn 91

AFV Alphabet: I is for Infanterikanonvagn 91

Posted on 12th January 201528th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
“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
Hornet

AFV Alphabet: H is for Hornet

Posted on 29th December 201428th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
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
Gvozdika

AFV Alphabet: G is for Gvozdika

Posted on 15th December 201428th February 2022 by Russell Phillips
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
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