Tanks, The War Machine

One of the biggest guns on display was this 1974 Soviet-built 2S7 Pion with a 203mm gun. Next to it was a huge 1969 Long Track Radar vehicle, also a Soviet machine, which had a giant truck sitting on a pair of tracks.

Can a tank be cute? Well this small 1943 M22 Locust comes close to it, along with a 37mm gun. Designed to be carried by aircraft, you could squeeze it into your garage at a with of 7'4".

Wearing a bright camo scheme is this 1940 British-built Matilda Mark 2 Series 4, armed with a 40mm gun.

Built in Great Britain, this is a 1966 Chieftan Mark 6 with a 120mm gun.

This is a 1945 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M37.

A line of tanks, Black Magic is an American 1941 M4A3 Sherman tank, armed with a 75mm gun.

Definitely aviation oriented was this anti-aircraft 1940 M16 Wasp halftrack with a quad 50's in the back.

A 1944 German/Czech Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer with a 75mm gun.

See also : Tanks, The War Machine part 2


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