Historic Armored Warfare

Black and white images depicting various military tanks in action from different eras. Emphasizes the evolution of armored vehicles and their operational use in conflict.

Vintage photograph. Close formation tank column

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Annual existence of the armored troops in Bandoeng. Demonstrations Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL .. November 23, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Photograph showing a Churchill AVRE (Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers) tank moving up to the front, France, 1944. The Churchill AVRE tank was equipped with a Petard mortar, designed to attack bunkers and concrete strongholds. The charge used by the mortar was popularly known as a 'Flying Dustbin'. Date: 1944

Vintage photograph. Close formation tank column

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Recordings Armored cars Stuart tanks Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL. Stuart tank in action. The commander is on the side of the tank. 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tankmanoeuvres Batavia. Maneuvers Eskadron Fighting trucks KliL. Tank ¨Obang¨ drives a bridge part by an ¨Eneke¨. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Tankmanoeuvres Batavia. Maneuvers Eskadron Fighting trucks KliL. Tank ¨Beer¨ drives through a tankgracht. November 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

DD-ST-85-01294. Country: Unknown

An important event as this is the first destruction of a Russian 52 tonne tank. Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

A Marine from the 1ST Tank Battalion stands in the commander's cupola on the turret of an M-60A1 main battle tank while taking part in live-fire training during Operation Desert Shield. The tank is equipped with an M-9 bulldozer kit.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

Britain's fastest most heavily armoured cruiser tank the "Comet" and led final British Advance across Germany. Carries 77 MM. Gun with New, super-accurate gunlaying device. Comet in picture manned by British 11th armoured Brigade who reached Kiel on day German Surrender. December 16, 1948. (Photo by British Official War Office Photo).

Anefo photo collection. Army exercises West Germany. September 27, 1954. Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification promotion Environment Pagaralem South Sumatra. Purification actions are regularly taken from Pagaralem (ZD-SUM), whereby the infantry mainly receives support from the carriers, while a pipercup maintains a controlled connection with the various pre-posts. The carrier in the terrain. If it is necessary, a mortar is also used. March 18, 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

German tanks disabled and seized by Soviet troops North-West of Gomel. December 1, 1943. (Photo by Press Photo Agency).

War Wrecks Litter Normandy Beach. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, Anti-French War, Franco-Vietnamese War, Franco-Vietminh War, Indochina War, Dirty War in France, and Anti-French Resistance War in contemporary Vietnam) was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps, led by France and supported by Emperor Bảo Đại's Vietnamese National Army against the Việt Minh, led by Hồ Chí Minh and Võ Nguyên Giáp. Most of the fighting took place in Tonkin in Northern Vietnam, although the conflict engulfed the entire country and also extended into the neighboring French Indochina protectorates of Laos and Cambodia. The war ended in French defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.

FORT STEWART, Georgia July 1961 - Douglasville Guardsmen of Troop B, 1st Reconnaissance Squadron 748th Cavalry 48th Armored Division maneuver with an M-41 tank during exercises at Fort Stewrt June 25 to July 9, 1961. GG July Sept 1961.

A Soviet T-80 main battle tank on maneuvers. Country: Unknown

The Panzerkampfwagen IV (Pz.Kpfw IV), commonly known as the Panzer IV, tank with high velocity 7.5 M gun.

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Light tank Mk VII Tetrarch

Tracked armoured vehicle, photographed as part of a Bundeswehr exercise with armed forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the 'Wettiner Schwert' exercise as part of Quadriga 2024 in the training town of Schnoeggersburg, 8 April 2024

DM-SN-89-07152. Country: Unknown

Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the British Army 1939-45 Sherman DD (Duplex Drive) with screens lowered

Bundeswehr practice shooting on 27. 11. 1975 in Soltau-Weizendorf, Germany, Europe

Bundeswehr practice shooting on 27. 11. 1975 in Soltau-Weizendorf, Germany, Europe

SPECIALIST Fourth Class Richard Pannell, driver, and Private First Class Robert Roots, both of the 4/37th Armor, operate an M88A1 armored recovery vehicle during a training exercise. Base: Fort Riley State: Kansas (KS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Test Activities. Project 2.4, M-48 tank #8, pre-HOOD. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Fast Tank Demonstrated for Army - Nosing over an obstacle as soldiers from the Arlington cantonment watched is an experimental model of a tank demonstrated for the army today and reputed to be capable of traveling 64 miles an hour. It was without armor plate and guns. November 21, 1941. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

In the so-called 'tank nabrigation' a combat tank of the Centurion MK 3 type with smoke and jumping means is disappointed.

The Leningrad front moves west. Only yesterday German machines were fleeing fro the Red Army along this road. Today soviet tanks are driving in the same direction and the Tommy gunners are shouting to the drivers: "Faster! we must catch the Germans!". May 22, 1944. (Photo by B. Kudoyarov, SIB Photo Service).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Surabaya and surroundings and Madura. Madura: After a successful landing, our troops went to the interior of Madura. There is time to blow out .. August 4, 1947. Indonesia, Madura, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC tour through West Java through the Hussars van Boreel (reproduction). Krawang: The reserve eskadron armored cars of the Hussars van Boreel regiment makes a fourteen-day exploration through West Java. March 13, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Krawang, Dutch East Indies

This picture of a heavy Soviet tank in action is transmitted in response to requests in connection with use of 60-ton Soviet-built tanks on the Korean front. This shows a heavy Russian tank - weight not known nor ascertainable--in action on the Ukrainian front in 1944. These big Soviet tanks are called "J. S." tanks -- named after Josef Stalin.Russian heavy tank in action. This is a J. S. tank named after Josef Stalin.Russia's 51-ton tank, Joseph Stalin III, with its 122-m.m. gun, is regarded as the best in the world. July 11, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto)

Second World War. Front pictures. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht, sitting on a tank

Major General Northcott, commanding the Australian Armoured Division, sees, during his tour in the Middle East, American Light Tanks of a type which will be included in the Arament of his Division. January 05, 1942.

Anefo photo collection. NATO exercise "Atlantic Lion" visited by Queen Beatrix in West Germany. Dutch soldiers in action during an exercise. September 21, 1983. Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Parade of the U-Brigade on the occasion of Queen's Day on August 31, 1946. Stuart tanks Eskadron Fighting trucks KliL. August 31, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Engineers from 5th Battalion, 11th marines, rest behind an M-101A1 105mm howitzer after moving it to Del Valle Road at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, where it will be on permanent display. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A right front view of a Soviet T-62 medium tank. Country: Unknown

The Tools For The Job - British Equipment For European Liberation -- Picture made at an equipment depot somewhere in England. Lines of A.E.C. Armoured fighting vehicles with 6-pounder gun at an ordnance depot.When the allies launch their big drive for the liberation on Europe they will need vast quantities of shells, guns and equipment to back up the attack. In ordnance, ammunition and vehicle depots in Britain, huge stores of equipment are mounting daily. April 27, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Battle against soviet tanks at Jucourica Operation Barbarossa - German Invasion of Russia, 1941 - 15th Infantary Division of the Thuringia-Kurhessen Division

The Battle of Khalkhyn Gol was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War fought between the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The conflict was named after the river Khalkhyn Gol, which passes through the battlefield. In Japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the Nomonhan Incident (Nomonhan Jiken) after a nearby village on the border between Mongolia and Manchuria. The battles resulted in total defeat for the Japanese Sixth Army. Casualty estimates vary widely: Some sources say the Japanese suffered 45,000 or more soldiers killed with Soviet casualties of at least 17,000. The Japanese officially reported 8,440 killed and 8,766 wounded, while the Soviets initially claimed 9,284 total casualties. Although this engagement is little known in the West, it had profound implications on the conduct of World War II. It may be said to be the first decisive battle of World War II, because it determined that the two principal Axis Pow

Canada's first tank brigade has recently landed in Britain.Here members in training in Canada smoke quietly during a pause in the rush each day to make them ready for timing Hitler and Co.Tanks in snow come natural to these fellows, many of whom were "cat-skinners" in the tractor trains of the *****. December 15, 1941.

Soviet tanks used by the republican army in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War

Gun Position. A 155mm gun position on Guadalcanal.

Nazi Germany, German tanks, 1935.

Bundeswehr practice shooting on 27. 11. 1975 in Soltau-Weizendorf, Germany, Europe

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Daimler Mk I armoured car

Photographs depicting military activities in France, May - June 1940. Included photographs of Rommel, Guderian, Dreuz, Bottcher, Italian General Garaboldi, Lucie Rommel, shots of Rommel with Hitler. Photographs of equipment and troops arriving and in action, from the personal collection of Rommel.

Poll photo collection. Independence Day (May 15). Military unit with tanks passes the gallery to which prominents decrease the military parade. Israel

DM-SN-88-09377. Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Doorman in Soerabaja, 1st series. A stuart m2 tank passes into a large company of General Doorman in a dust hood. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

An LVTC-7 tracked command vehicle from the 8th Marines advances up a ramp after crossing a river during an exercise. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armaments for France. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Soviet long-range artillery on the first BeloRusssian front. The Soviet long-Range gun nears the firing position. June 26, 1944. (Photo by O. Knorring, SIB Photo Service).

Battle of Surabaya: A soldier of an Indian armoured regiment examines a light tank (Marmon-Herrington CTLS) used by Indonesian nationalists and captured by British forces during the figthing in Surabaya (Soerabaja). Nederlands: Een soldaat van een Indische pantser regiment bekijkt de door de Britten veroverde lichte Japanse tank die gebruikt werd door Indonesische Nationalisten tijdens de slag om Soerabaja : Marmon-Herrington CTLS , .

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Carrier Bren, No 2, Mk I

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Bren carrier with crew. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

U.S. Armor moves to attack Germans in Belgium a U.S. tank destroyer of the Third U.S. Armored Division advances in a line of U.S. armored units on a Belgian road near Malempre, in the northern flank of the German salient in the Ardannes. The units are on the way to attack German tanks and positions in operations against a counter-attack launched by the enemy December 16, 1944, into Luxembourg and Southern Belgium. Malompre lies west of Vielsalm in the sector where Allied forces hold 15 miles of the road between St. Vith and Laroche, January 8, 1945, and were within six miles of the main road from St. Vith to Houffalize. February 26, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).

'Dans la Bataille; Les tanks repides de l'armee britannique, mis en service au printemps de 1918 et utilises pour de decisives contre-attaques', 1918. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" L'Illustration, Paris, 1924.

Refuelling On The Front Line - While red cross ambulances and supply trucks stand by, British tanks take on a load of full from a Gasoline truck at right, only 800 yards away from barking German field guns. During the battle for Sidi Barrani in Egypt. During the refuelling operations German fighter planes attacked the vehicles but were dispersed by R.A.F. fliers. December 02, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell III (A27M)

Anefo photo collection. The war museum at Overloon. War Museum at Overloon. Boys at tank. November 12, 1945. Overloon

The Tank Warfare on the Western Front, 1917-1918

Anefo photo collection. Test Mobilization Cavalry (TANKESCADRON). May 2, 1963

Midware combat tanks of the type of RAM II during an exercise.

The British Army in Burma 1945 A Valentine bridgelayer of the 3rd Independent Bridge Building Company, Royal Armoured Corps, picks up a scissors bridge after it was used to cross an estuary near Meiktila, 28 March 1945.

Liquidation of German Fascist troops Encricled in the area of Korsun-Shevchenkovsky. In the Neighbourhood of Korsun-Shevchen Kovsky, where ten German divisions and one Brigade were ***** and routed by Soviet troops. Soviet tank-Brone troops waiting for the signal to start. May 1, 1944. (Photo by O. Knorring, SIB Photo Service).

50, 000 NATO soldiers in autumn manoeuvre Grosser Baer on 06.09.1976 in the district of Verden, Germany, Europe

The dedication ceremony of the amphibian tank was held this afternoon at the Adabane Engineering regiment's ground in the attendances of the War Minister and ***** high officials. The amphibiam tank is the first appearance in thsi country and have been prohinited to reports the detail of the this wonderful war monster. Picture shows, a drawing of the tank. August 29, 1934. (Photo by Shimbun Rango News Photos Service).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC General Doorman visits Bandoeng. Ltd Head Workplace 81 in Bandoeng? Defective M2 Stuart tanks used to deliver parts?. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Churchill AVRE with spigot mortar

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Daimler Mk I scout car

Mechanical "Brain Aims U.S. Anti-Aircraft Guns -- A U.S. 90-mm. anti-aircraft gun crew jumps into action as the weapon swings toward a target during a demonstration of firing methods. The gun is a aimed by an electrical gun director shown on truck. Within a matter of seconds the director notes a place 's speed and height, allows for drift, gravitational pull and air density, points the gun, and sets the fuse so a shell will burst within lethal distance of the target. Major General Levis H. Campbell, Jr., chief of U.S. Army Ordnance, describes the director as "one of the greatest advances in the art of fire control made during the war." January 31, 1944.

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell V (A27M)

Photo collection First World War. The First Official Pictures Of The Wonderful British "Tanks" in Action On The Western Front .. 1914-1918}

Belgium , 1917 - North of France, Belgium - Paul Castelnau (photographic section of the armies) - (September 1-5) (French - Belgique). Backbug, cannon, bombardment, artillery, rail transport, army, First World War, Transport, Society, Belgium, near Hofstade, room of 320 near Hofstade

In the so-called 'tank nabrigation' a combat tank of the Centurion MK 3 type with smoke and jumping means is disappointed.

Anefo photo collection. New tanker shop for the basic command Army at Amersfoort. April 17, 1956. Amersfoort

Testing the field and trek of the International Harvester M5A1 semi-truck. A 25-pin field gun with associated ammunition car is being pulled through the mulle sand.

A German M48A2 Patt tank is pushed up the spray area. The tanker shop, Colonel H.L. Van Royenweg 3, 3832 RN Leusden.

Italian soldiers around a giant artillery crawler, Italy, World War I, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 51, December 19, 1915.

Anefo photo collection. Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visiting 4th division of the Royal Netherlands Army. Prince Bernhard on tank. September 27, 1961

Anefo photo collection. War Museum Overloon. May 27, 1946. Overloon

A.I.F. In Singapore. Japs attack on Malaysian. January 01, 1942.

German kids will stand in the mud and cold any day to watch American Panzers go by. Infantrymen do not fascinate them. September 13, 1955. (Photo by Look Magazine).

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