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The Panzerkampfwagen VI "Tiger" (Ausf H, Ausf E), "Tiger" is a heavy German tank of World War II, designed by Erwin Anders and put into mass production by Henschel in 1942. It was mass-produced until 1945, during which time 1,354 of these vehicles were produced. One of the most famous tanks

PzKpfw II (short for Panzerkampfwagen II), Sd.Kfz. 121 or T-II is a German light tank

The Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, abbreviated PzKpfw V "Panther," was a German medium tank (according to German classification) or heavy tank (according to anti-Hitler classification) during World War II. This combat vehicle was developed by MAN in 1941–1942 as the primary tank of the Wehrmacht.

Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger. Serial production began in August 1942. The tank had high armor protection: the armor thickness of the front hull was 100 mm, the middle - 63 mm, the sides - 63 mm, the front turret - 100 mm, the sides of the turret - 80 mm, and the roof of the turret - 28 mm.

Pz.Kpfw. V Panther. The tank was developed by MAN in 1941–1942 as a response to the appearance of the Soviet T-34 tank on the front lines. According to German classification, it was considered a medium tank, but in Soviet documents it was classified as a heavy tank.

Pz.Kpfw. VIII "Maus." A super-heavy tank designed in the Third Reich between 1942 and 1945 under the direction of Ferdinand Porsche. Combat weight: 188.9 tons. Only two examples were built, and they did not see combat.

Pz.Kpfw. VIII "Maus." A super-heavy tank designed in the Third Reich between 1942 and 1945 under the direction of Ferdinand Porsche. Combat weight: 188.9 tons. Only two examples were built, and they did not see combat.

StuG III. A self-propelled gun developed on the chassis of the Pz.Kpfw.III medium tank. Produced by German industry from 1940 to 1945, it underwent numerous modernizations and improvements. For example, the Ausf. G modification with a 75mm StuK 40 L/48 cannon and a commander's cupola with seven periscopes.

Ferdinand. A self-propelled anti-tank gun featuring a unique electromechanical transmission, 200mm of frontal armor, and a powerful 88mm gun with a 71-caliber barrel. Due to its complex design, only 91 vehicles were built.

Nazi Germany (also known as Hitler's Germany, the Third Reich, or National Socialist Germany) was a state in Central Europe that existed from 1933 to 1945 under the leadership of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) and Adolf Hitler. This period was characterized by the establishment of a totalitarian regime, an aggressive foreign policy, racist ideology, mass repressions, and crimes against humanity.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a state that existed from December 30, 1922, to December 26, 1991. It straddled Eastern Europe, Northern Asia, and Central Asia and comprised 15 union republics. Its capital was Moscow.

The SU-152 (originally Object 236, KV-14, SU-14) is a heavy Soviet self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) from the Great Patriotic War. It is based on the KV-1S heavy tank and armed with a 152mm ML-20S howitzer-gun.

The IS-7 (GBTU index - Object 260) is an experimental Soviet heavy tank developed between 1945 and 1947. It is considered one of the most powerful tanks of its time and the pinnacle of heavy tank design of the period.

The IS-1 (also known as the IS-85 or "Object 237") is a Soviet heavy tank from World War II. The abbreviation IS stands for "Joseph Stalin," the official designation for Soviet heavy tanks produced between 1943 and 1953.

The KV-1S (or "high-speed") was a Soviet heavy tank during the Great Patriotic War, a further modernization of the KV-1 tank. Developed in May–July 1942 by the design bureau of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (ChTZ). Adopted by the Red Army on August 20, 1942.

The SU-122 is a medium-weight Soviet self-propelled artillery unit (SAU) of the assault gun class. It was designed to provide fire support to tank and mechanized units at a range of 300–600 meters.

The BA-20 is a Soviet light armored car from the 1930s, developed on the GAZ-M1 passenger car chassis. It was mass-produced from 1936 to 1942 in several variants.

HT-130 (OT-130) is a Soviet light-weight flamethrower tank of the interwar period.

The HT-26/BKhM-3 is a Soviet light chemical (flamethrower) tank, based on the T-26 light tank. It was produced in several series from 1933 to 1936. It was used quite successfully in the battles at Lake Khasan, in the battles at the Khalkhin Gol River, in the Winter War, and at the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War.

The HT-37 (OT-37) (or BHM-4) is a Soviet small chemical (flamethrower) tank, created on the basis of the T-37 amphibious tank.

The HT-134 is a Soviet chemical (flamethrower) tank based on the T-26 light tank. It is the latest modification of this tank family.

The T-16 (KhTZ) or KhTZ-16 is a ersatz self-propelled gun (armored tractor) produced in 1941, during the initial period of the Great Patriotic War, at the Kharkov Tractor Plant.

The KV-1 (named after Kliment Voroshilov, like the other KV tanks) is a Soviet heavy tank from the Great Patriotic War. It is commonly referred to simply as the "KV": the tank was originally designed under this name, and only later, after the introduction of the KV-2, was the first model KV retrospectively given a numerical designation. It was produced from August 1939 to August 1942.

KV-2 is a Soviet heavy assault tank of the armored forces of the Red Army of the USSR, during the initial period of the Great Patriotic War.

The KV-3[1] (also known as Object 223) is a Soviet experimental heavy tank of the KV family.

The T-150 (sometimes referred to as the KV-150 or Object 150) is a Soviet experimental heavy tank of the KV family. It is a modification of the production KV-1 tank. Developed in 1940–1941 by engineers at the Kirov Plant's SKB-2 design bureau under the supervision of Zh. Ya. Kotin, with L. N. Pereverzev appointed as the vehicle's lead engineer.

The T-18 (MS-1 - Small Escort) is a Soviet light tank for close infantry support from the 1920s. Developed between 1925 and 1927, it was the first tank of Soviet design. It was mass-produced from 1928 to 1931, with a total of 959 tanks of this type produced in several variants, not counting the prototype. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, the T-18 formed the backbone of the Red Army tank fleet, but was quickly superseded by the more advanced T-26. It saw combat during the conflict on the CER, but by 1938 and 1939, the obsolete and extremely worn-out T-18s were mostly withdrawn from service or used as stationary firing points. They were used in small numbers at the initial stage of the Great Patriotic War.[2]

The SU-100 is a medium-weight tank destroyer self-propelled gun of the World War II era. It was created on the basis of the T-34-85 medium tank by the Uralmashzavod design bureau in late 1943 – early 1944 as a further development of the SU-85 self-propelled gun due to the latter's insufficient capabilities in combating German heavy tanks. Serial production of the SU-100 began at the Uralmashzavod in August 1944 [page 2] and continued until early 1948 [2]. In addition, from 1953 to 1956, its production under the designation SD-100 was carried out under Soviet license in Czechoslovakia. A total of 770 units were assembled there. In total, 4,011 self-propelled guns of this type were produced in the USSR and Czechoslovakia.

The SU-85 is a medium-weight Soviet self-propelled gun classified as a tank destroyer. The SU-85 saw active and successful use from September 1943 until the end of the Great Patriotic War.

The SPK-5 is a Soviet self-propelled boom crane, created on the basis of the T-34 tank in the Design Bureau of Plant No. 183.

The SU-101 is an experimental Soviet medium self-propelled artillery unit (SPG) used during World War II. It was developed by the UZTM design bureau between the fall of 1944 and spring of 1945 on the basis of the T-44 and T-34-85 medium tank chassis and was intended to replace the SU-100 SPG. Two variants of the SPG were developed, differing only in armament: the SU-101, with a 100mm D-10S cannon, and the SU-102, with a 122mm D-25-44S cannon. One or two SU-101 prototypes and one SU-102 prototype were produced in April and May 1945, and they successfully passed factory trials during the summer and fall of that year. Despite the SPG's promise and excellent performance for its time, the decision was made to cease further development after the war, citing the impracticality of launching a new SPG based on wartime tank components that did not fully meet peacetime operational requirements. Experience gained from developing the SU-101 and SU-102, however, was used in the development of post-war SPG designs.

The SU-122P was a Soviet experimental self-propelled gun (SPG) based on the SU-100. It was never mass-produced. Based on its weight, it was classified as a medium SPG.