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World War I – Battle of Flers-Courcelette

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World War I – Battle of Flers-Courcelette

The first tank battle in the world took place during World War I, at Flers-Courcelette on the Somme River, in France.  The Battle of Flers-Courcelette was part of the larger Battle of the Somme.

The Allies were under a great deal of pressure from German forces at Verdun, in France. Allied forces decided to launch an

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Vickers 6 Ton Tank

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Vickers 6 Ton Tank
The Vickers 6 Ton tank was a British tank that was rejected by the British army but was used and copied by the armies of many other nations. It was sold to the Soviet Union, Finland, Bulgaria, Greece, Bolivia, Thailand and Portugal. The Vickers 6 Ton tank was used by Bolivia in the Gran Chaco War between
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Vickers Commercial Dutchman Light Tank

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Vickers Commercial Dutchman Light Tank
The Vickers Commercial Dutchman light tank was almost identical to the Vickers Light Mark IV tank, except that the Commercial Dutchman had a hexagonal turret. It weighed less than 4 tons, had a Meadows 6-cylinder 88 horsepower engine and could travel at a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour (65kph).  It had a 0.303 inch (7.7mm)
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Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank

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Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank
The Type 97 Chi-Ha Medium Tank was basically a larger version of the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank with a a two-man turret that held two men. The Chi-Ha medium tank entered mass production in 1937 and was used during all of World War II. It weighed almost 15 tons and had a helical suspension system
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Type 89B Ot-Su Medium Tank

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Type 89B Ot-Su Medium Tank
Japan's Type 89 medium tank, which was designed in 1929, was based on the Type 89 light tank, which was in turn based on Britain's Vickers Medium C. The Type 89B Ot-Su medium tank was a diesel version of the Type 89 medium tank. It was developed by Mitsubishi in 1935. There were two versions of the
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Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank

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Type 95 Ha-Go Light Tank
The Type 95 Ha-Go light tank was the most commonly used Japanese tank in World War II. It was used in the Second Sino-Japanese War and against the Russians in Manchuria before World War II. Between 1935 and 1943, about 1,350 Ha-Go light tanks were built. A 6-cylinder, 120 horsepower diesel engine powered the Ha-Go light tank,
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Type 5 To-Ku Amphibious Tank

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Type 5 To-Ku Amphibious Tank
The Type 5 To-Ku amphibious tank was the biggest of all of Japan's amphibious tanks. It weighed 29 tons. Because of its size, it could carry more powerful armament than the Ka-Chi amphibious tank. The To-Ku mounted a 0.98 inch (25mm) cannon and a coaxial machine gun in the turret.  The front hull contained a 1.85 inch
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Type 3 Ka-Chi Amphibious Tank

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Type 3 Ka-Chi Amphibious Tank
The Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank was used by Japan's Imperial Navy. Its design was based on that of the Chi-He medium tank. The Ka-Chi amphibious tank had two pontoons, one at the bow and one at the stern, which could be detached when the tank was on land. When the Ka-Chi was in the water, the
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Turan I and II Medium Tanks

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Turan I and II Medium Tanks
The first tanks that Hungary ever used were Carro Veloce 33 tankettes that were purchased from Italy in the 1930s. When World War II began, Hungary wanted to buy some tanks from Czechoslovakia, but Czechoslovakia was giving all their tanks to the Germans. Therefore, Hungary obtained the rights to Czechoslovakia's Skoda L-21 medium tank and then modified
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Strv M/40, M/41 and M/42 Light Tanks

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Strv M/40, M/41 and M/42 Light Tanks
The Strv M/40 light tank was the first Swedish tank to be mass-produced. Its design was based on that of the Strv L/60 light tank. The Strv M/40 was a three-man tank, with a 1.46 inch (37mm) main gun and two coaxial 0.315 inch (8mm) machine guns.  A Scania-Vabis 142 horsepower 6-cylinder engine powered the Strv M/40. It
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Strv M/31 Light Tank

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Strv M/31 Light Tank
The Strv M/31 light tank was produced by Sweden's' first tank factory, the AB Landsverk Company factory at Landskrona. It had many features that were very advanced for its time. The Strv M/31 had a welded two-man turret and welded hull. It also had a two-way radio communication and high performance sighing, optical and vision devices. A German
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Strv M/21 and M/29 Light Tanks

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Strv M/21 and M/29 Light Tanks
The Strv M/21 light tank was a Swedish tank that was designed by Joseph Vollmer, a German engineer who moved to Sweden after World War I.  Vollmer had previously designed the German LK I and LK II tanks, and the Strv M/21 resembled them very closely. Strv is an abbreviation of the Swedish word Stridsvagn, which
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