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Check the links page too - some of the distinctions are rather arbitrary.  If any of these links dies, please inform Bill Hanna at lechapy@live.fr 

 

Articles

SdKfz 251

Allied Tank Names 

and vehicle registrations
Churchill Names thanks to Kevin Tucker

Dragon

Journal of the South Wales MAFVA

Index  (word)

Index  (excel)

Magazines

on a range of military and model issues and subjects

Manufacturers

a comprehensive list,  with contact details

Military Vehicle Sites

 a  list of websites sent in by members
AFVs Photographed at Saumur
Images from the German Federal Archive by year

 

 

 

 

 

Articles

A Brief History of Scale Modelling

British AFV Camouflage 1939/1945  

Building Airfix Tanks and Vehicles

Camouflage   Czech & Slovak Things WWII

Derek Barton's Royal Artillery 1939 - 1945 Site

Federal Standard 595 Paint Spec

How To Build A Tamiya Chieftain Properly

Joseph Maskelyne - Master Of Make Believe

MERDEC Schemes   More Info On AFV Colours

National Archives  

 

Tanks Armoured Warfare Prior To 1946

 

 

 

The fruits of research.

 

See a review of Mike Starmer's camouflage books

and Starmer's armour

 

Back

 

Google Books now does Tank Manuals on line.  Take a look at :

http://books.google.com/books?id=rAMYAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA3&dq=diaphragm+pump&lr=&as_drrb_is=b&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=1940&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=1985&as_brr=1&cd=53#v=onepage&q=diaphragm%20pump&f=false 
- the parts list/ manual for the M1 Abrahams!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allied Tank Names and vehicle registrations

This is on-going research, which will be added to in due time, and as more information becomes available. Any extra information, corrections or sources will be most welcome.

 

Please contact Kevin Tucker or Paul Middleton.

 

 

 

and a whimsical one - the Specialist Menace

 

Tanks and AFVs at the Musee des Blindes - Saumur, France

Musee des Blindes - Saumur - Home

American Tanks

American WWII Tanks: M3, M8, M10, M24, Jeep, LVT4
American M4 Tanks
American M26 Tanks
American Cold War Tanks: M47, M48, M60

German Tanks

German WWII and WWI tanks: A7V, Pzkw II, Pzkw III, Pzkw IV, Schutzenpanzer
German Tiger tank
German King Tiger tank
German Cold War tanks

British Tanks

British Matilda tank
British WWII tanks: Churchill, Crusader, Centaur and Priest
British Cold War tanks: Centurion, Chieftain, Conqueror

Soviet Tanks

Russian T-34 tank and T-34/85 tank
Russian KV-1 tanks
Russian SU-100 tank destroyer
Russian Cold War Tanks
Russian T-72 Tanks

French Tanks

French WWI Tanks
French St. Chamond Tank
French Schneider Tanks
French WWII Tanks
ARL-44 tank
AMX-50 tank
AMX-30 tank
French Cold War Tanks
French LeClerc MBT

Other Tanks

Italian Tanks: M15 and M42
Israeli Cold War Tanks / Merkava Tank
Swedish Cold War Tanks
Swiss Cold War Tanks

Patton Tank Museum

Patton Tank Museum
T-72 Tank
Mark V Tank
King Tiger Tank
Panther II Tank
StuG Tank Destroyer
FT-17 Tank
M-2 Tank
M-3 Stuart Tank
M-3 Grant Tank
M-4 Tank
M4E3A8 Tank
M-5 Tank
M-7 Priest
M-10 Tank Destroyer
M-24 Tank
M-26 Tank
T-28 Tank
M-29 Tank
M-32 Tank Recovery Vehicle
M-41 Tank
M-48 Tank
M-52 SP Gun
M-60 Tank
M-1 Tank (page 1)
M-1 Tank (page 2)

 

 

 

US Army Ordnance Museum

US Army Ordnance Museum - home
American Tanks
More American Tanks
Abrams tank
Early Artillery
Late Artillery
British Mark IV tanks
British Whippet Tanks
British Matilda Tanks
British Chieftain Tanks
British World War II Tanks
German Panther tanks
German Panzer IV tanks
German Brummbar
German Panzer I Tanks
German Panzer III Tanks
German Jagdtiger tank destroyer
German Self-Propelled Guns
Leopard I tank
Japanese tanks
Russian T-72M tanks
Russian Stalin IS-3 tanks
Russian T-34 tanks
Russian T-34/85 tanks
Russian self propelled anti-tank weapons
Russian T-54 tanks

 

Bovington AFV Museum - courtesy Tom Cole

Matilda 1

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and a whimsical one - the Specialist Menace

 

 

Tanks and AFVs at the Musee des Blindes - Saumur, France

Musee des Blindes - Saumur - Home

American Tanks

American WWII Tanks: M3, M8, M10, M24, Jeep, LVT4
American M4 Tanks
American M26 Tanks
American Cold War Tanks: M47, M48, M60

German Tanks

German WWII and WWI tanks: A7V, Pzkw II, Pzkw III, Pzkw IV, Schutzenpanzer
German Tiger tank
German King Tiger tank
German Cold War tanks

British Tanks

British Matilda tank
British WWII tanks: Churchill, Crusader, Centaur and Priest
British Cold War tanks: Centurion, Chieftain, Conqueror

Soviet Tanks

Russian T-34 tank and T-34/85 tank
Russian KV-1 tanks
Russian SU-100 tank destroyer
Russian Cold War Tanks
Russian T-72 Tanks

French Tanks

French WWI Tanks
French St. Chamond Tank
French Schneider Tanks
French WWII Tanks
ARL-44 tank
AMX-50 tank
AMX-30 tank
French Cold War Tanks
French LeClerc MBT

Other Tanks

Italian Tanks: M15 and M42
Israeli Cold War Tanks / Merkava Tank
Swedish Cold War Tanks
Swiss Cold War Tanks

Patton Tank Museum

Patton Tank Museum
T-72 Tank
Mark V Tank
King Tiger Tank
Panther II Tank
StuG Tank Destroyer
FT-17 Tank
M-2 Tank
M-3 Stuart Tank
M-3 Grant Tank
M-4 Tank
M4E3A8 Tank
M-5 Tank
M-7 Priest
M-10 Tank Destroyer
M-24 Tank
M-26 Tank
T-28 Tank
M-29 Tank
M-32 Tank Recovery Vehicle
M-41 Tank
M-48 Tank
M-52 SP Gun
M-60 Tank
M-1 Tank (page 1)
M-1 Tank (page 2)

US Army Ordnance Museum

US Army Ordnance Museum - home
American Tanks
More American Tanks
Abrams tank
Early Artillery
Late Artillery
British Mark IV tanks
British Whippet Tanks
British Matilda Tanks
British Chieftain Tanks
British World War II Tanks
German Panther tanks
German Panzer IV tanks
German Brummbar
German Panzer I Tanks
German Panzer III Tanks
German Jagdtiger tank destroyer
German Self-Propelled Guns
Leopard I tank
Japanese tanks
Russian T-72M tanks
Russian Stalin IS-3 tanks
Russian T-34 tanks
Russian T-34/85 tanks
Russian self propelled anti-tank weapons
Russian T-54 tanks

Bovington AFV Museum - courtesy Tom Cole

Matilda 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some links sent in by Carl Dennis

Sennelager JagdTiger Porsche suspension trial:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=dRBVHRZ9N48

Sennelager Tiger-B initial with single link tracks trial:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXKEsVqHFg

JagdTiger surrender at Iserlohn:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=fHp3nCkPjb4

E-100 at Haustenbeck:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=HcAWcLr-xvs

Panther-A "joyriding":

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=L0ELzrsV_zM

Archer/Valentine testfiring at Tiger-E:

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=kl1WcGSSmUU

 

 

The JagdTiger btw is the one currently on display at Bovington.

The tracks on the Tiger-B, showing the blown barrel, are those now fitted to the other Tiger-B found at Haustenbeck and which with the single link tracks, is also now at Bovington.

The E-100 regretfully was scrapped, same goes for the Panther I guess and most if not all of the Iserlohn JagdTigers.

And indeed, the agility of these huge and heavy machines is very apparent in these videos. It really denounces the big and lumbering slow moving, bunkerlike behaviour that is often attributed to the Tiger-B and JagdTiger.

Also, the JagdTiger fitted here with the Porsche suspension, was providing a slightly less stable ride than the original torsion bar suspension. To see it rumble around like that, and especially, the 360 turn, is quite a feat.

 

 

 

 

 

http://maquettegarden.free.fr/materiel39_45.htm - good site for pictures

http://www.findonvillage.com/0959_more_on_the_tank_on_our_downland.htm  - an early Churchill exhumed

 

If you haven't been on Missing Lynx recently, how about this for a bunch of ex vehicles!
http://kubikus-rubikus.livejournal.com/47097.html  Lots of weathering schemes here.