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World War II: Panzer Claws (aka. Frontline Attack: War Over Europe) (2002) World War II: Frontline Command (2003) Panzer Claws II (2004) Great Battles of WWII: Stalingrad (2004) Super Army (2005) Frontline: Fields of Thunder (2007) Panzer Tactics DS (2007) Talvisota: Icy Hell (2007) World War II: General Commander (2008) (2009 digital release ...
The military nature of Mycenaean Greece (c. 1600–1100 BC) in the Late Bronze Age is evident by the numerous weapons unearthed, warrior and combat representations in contemporary art, as well as by the preserved Greek Linear B records. The Mycenaeans invested in the development of military infrastructure with military production and logistics ...
The Iowa class was a class of six fast battleships ordered by the United States Navy in 1939 and 1940. They were initially intended to intercept fast capital ships such as the Japanese Kongō class and serve as the "fast wing" of the U.S. battle line. [3] [4] The Iowa class was designed to meet the Second London Naval Treaty 's "escalator ...
The Littorio class, also known as the Vittorio Veneto class, [Note 1] was a class of battleship of the Regia Marina, the Italian navy. The class was composed of four ships— Littorio, Vittorio Veneto, Roma, and Impero —but only the first three ships of the class were completed. Built between 1934 and 1942, they were the most modern ...
Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks. After the Allies deployed the first tanks in 1916, the German Empire introduced the first anti-tank weapons. [ 1] The first developed anti-tank weapon was a scaled-up bolt-action rifle, the Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr, that fired a 13.2 ...
Slat armor. An IDF Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer equipped with slat armor surrounding its driver's cab. Slat armor (or slat armour in British English ), also known as bar armor, cage armor, and standoff armor, is a type of vehicle armor designed to protect against high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) attacks, as used by anti-tank guided missiles ...
Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot ( APFSDS ), long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour. As an armament for main battle tanks, it succeeds Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot (APDS) ammunition, which is still used in small or medium caliber ...
Specifications. Weight. 4 to 10.2 kg, depending on the use of plates. 6B23 ( Russian: 6Б23) is a ballistic vest of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Introduced in 2003, it had been the standard issued body armor of the Russian army until the adoption and mass production of 6B45 in around 2015. It is still issued in some Russian units.