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Churchill Tanks in Action

Classic photographs showcasing Churchill tanks, notable figures observing, and heavy armored vehicles during maneuvers. Reflects the historical significance and design of British tanks.

Germans tanks cross a river into Polish territory, September 1939, Anonymous

World war two: French Tanks during the liberation battles in Alsace , France

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The destroyer, HMS ESKIMO, presented an all white appearance after a severe snowstorm. A sentry stands next to a snow covered 4 inch Mark Vgun on Mark III HA mounting on deck.

First Pictures of the New British Mortar Tank - The tank crossing over Fascine.The work of designing and constructing the devices to breach the stupendous fortifications of the Atlantic Wall was put in hand by the War Office in 1943. The main equipment of the Assault Royal Engineers which contributed to the initial breach was the Armoured Vehicle (Royal Engineers) known as the A.V.R.E., the vehicle in general is similar to a Churchill tank. The interior has been specially designed to accomodate a crew of Engineers together with specially guarded explosive charges for assault demolition.The main armament of the AVRE is a special mortar mounted in the turret, known colloquially as the Petard. November 26, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Over The Top - Goes the Juggernaut-1939 model. This dramatic picture of one of the units of the Victorian Tank Corps, now undergoing a month's intensive training, was taken at Seymour. November 27, 1939.

Photograph showing a Soviet heavy tank moving through Berlin, with the Brandenburg Gate in the background, May 1945. Berlin fell to the Russian Army on 2nd May 1945, after a battle which lasted 17 days. Given the demeanour of the men riding on the tank, it is safe to assume that this photograph was taken after the German capitulation. Date: 1945

Project 30-65 - Operation Plumbob (Nevada Test Site) Test Activities. Project 2.4, Ontos vehicle #4, post-HOOD. Photographs of Atmospheric Nuclear Testing at Pacific Island and Nevada Test Sites.

Secretary of Defense Caspar W. Weinberger puts on a helmet and takes a ride in the LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle. The secretary is touring the 2nd Marine Division. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Uralvagonzavod, Anonymous

An Opposing Forces (OpFor) M-551 Sheridan light tank visually modified to resemble a Soviet BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle crosses a concertina wire obstacle while on the attack during an exercise. Base: Fort Irwin State: California(CA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

Anefo photo collection. Military exercise "Cross Country". June 24, 1958

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Festivities following the birth of Princess Marijke. Saluute shots by cannon artillery. 19 February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916

Quadruplets Serve In Same Army UnitAn instructor describes effective war of a 76 millimeter gun, mounted on a Sherman tank, as the Perricone Quadruplets listen attentively. November 23, 1951. (Photo by United States Information Service).

Three soldiers in an AMX-PRI armor peak infantry vehicle on the armor infantry row training center (Piroc).

DM-SN-89-07222. Country: Unknown

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

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

Two medium-weight combat tanks type RAM II during an exercise.

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

Two M24 chaffee light combat tanks with a M3A1 semi-truck behind during a parade on the occasion of liberation day, in the presence of, among others. H.M. Queen Juliana and Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard.

1977 - A right front view of a vehicle-mounted Soviet SA-8 Gecko surface-to-air missile.

Up & over Tan Corp. Exercise at Randwick. September 20, 1937.

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

A Marine from 3rd Battalion, 1ST Marines, covers a fellow Marine who is sighting in on a tank with his light anti-armour weapon. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-SN-89-03527. Country: Unknown

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.

DM-ST-87-01595. Base: Camp Lejuene State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A column of German armored troops, including PzKpfw III Ausf G tanks, on a forest road on the Moscow front. October 1941

Photograph Taken During Dawn Amphibious Training Maneuvers"Dawn amphibious training maneuvers at Solomons Island, Maryland. A 40 mm gun and crew ready to go into action.".

British Churchill Mk VI tank Infantry tank Mk IV Churchill VI

08/31/1918. On the French front of the Meuse. Infantry Forces Advancing Protected by Tanks - Approx. date.

Soldiers of the Royal Dutch-Indian Army (KNIL) exercising with a Chevrolet 1.5 tonnes of autolette mounted browning .50 Air goal mitrailer.

Anefo photo collection. White sprayed DAF YP408 armored car from the royal land attendance i.v.m. Broadcast Dutch troops to Lebanon in UN context (in new milling). January 31, 1979. Lebanon, Nieuw-Millingen

Calgary, Alberta - January 30, 2022: View of an old Soviet T-34 at the Calgary Military Museum.

DN-SN-88-01925. Subject Operation/Series: ELCAS (ELEVATED CAUSEWAY) Base: Naval Operating Base, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Photograph taken during the 'Valentine' Chassis. Pictured is the self-propelled, 17 pounder anti-tank gun on the Valentine. Dated 20th Century

French army 200 millimetre (8-inch) howitzer mounted on transportable rail flatbed with adjustable stabilizing feet. The howitzer is an artillery piece with a short barrel, halfway between a gun and a mortar.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC REP. Airports m.l. (Banjoemas, Semarang). Airplane church. August 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Mountain gun on Schrockebieralpe X. Armeekommando Rohr.

Soviet artillery fires on enemy fortifications in the Crimea. 4th Ukrainian Front, 1944

Abandoned German tank on the Rue Medicis, liberation of Paris, August 1944. After just over four years of occupation, the Germans surrendered the city to the French 2nd Armoured Division on 25 August 1944. The photographer is unknown.

Anefo photo collection. Vogelsang (West Germany). Army exercises 32nd regiment. Centurion tanks in action. October 10, 1956. Germany, Vogelsang

Poll photo collection. Independence Day (May 15). Military unit with tanks passes the gallery to which prominents, including President Ben Zvi and Prime Minister Ben Gurion, purchase the military parade. January 1, 1963. Israel

12' Howitzer RR mount M 1918 , Armories, Ordnance industry, Howitzers, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Anefo photo collection. Armical in the Vlasakkers in Amersfoort, HOUWITSER 175 m for new American guns. May 5, 1965. Amersfoort

Photograph Taken by the Germans Showing Shot Down Polish Airplane, Warsaw, Poland. Original Caption in German: "Abgeschossenes poln. Flugzeug. Strasse Prag Radzymin. Nord-nordwestl. Warschau. Polen." English Translation: Shot Down Polish airplane. Street Prague Radzymin. North-north-west. Warsaw. Poland.". Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS

A medium combat tank of the RAM II type drops slope. The auxiliary driver / mitrailer shooter gives instructions to the driver.

Warsaw Uprising - Polish barricade on the Napoleon square build around German Jagdpanzer 38(t) 'Hetzer' tank captured by the Home Army ca. 1944.

Harbor At Bardia -- An Australian motorcyclist looks at two abandoned Italian tanks on road overlooking the harbor of Bardia. This is the type of territory in which the campaign between British and Italian forces is being fought. February 18, 1941. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

The British Commander-in-Chief Home Forces, General Sir Bernard Paget, in a Crusader tank (s/n T43824) of the 42nd Armoured Division during a large-scale exercise near Malton in Yorkshire (UK), 29 September 1942. The tank in the background was developed simultaneously with the Crusader and is the Mk V Covenanter.

A tank crossing a village, front of the Aisne, France, World War I, from l'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLV, No 34, August 25, 1918.

As part of the National Hispanic Heritage Month, the 21st Theater Sustainment Command in Kaiserslautern, Germany would like to honor and celebrate Albert Cruz-Bianchis family to include his father, Ernesto Cruz-Ortiz (pictured above). Ernesto joined the United States Army in 1951 when he enlisted in the Salinas Training Area, Puerto Rico. Ernestos served for 30 years to include three of those years with his son at with the 2nd Battalion 33rd Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Division, on “The Rock” at Kirch Goens, Federal Republic of Germany. Americas diversity is a great strength, as people of different backgrounds, cultures, and heritage contribute their unique perspective, skills and talents. Our Army is stronger because of this diversity and we work to ensure that every member of the force has the opportunity to reach his or her full potential.

Launch Search For Mau MauTroops of the 5th battalion king's African rifles, armoured section, set off in armoured cars at daybreak for a Mau Mau reconnoissance on the Aberdare Mountains, Kenya.An all,out drive is being maintained against the terrorist activities of the Anti,European secret society.The cattle of uncooperative natives are being rounded up and held until cooperation is obtained. November 14, 1952. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

German Tanks - Robert Tanks - Germany. January 25, 1937. (Photo by The Associated Press of Great Britain Ltd.)

A Norwegian snow tracker and trailer are used to carry communications equipment to one of the field positions. Troops that are participating in the joint forces cold weather airlift training exercise are in the background. Country: Norway (NOR)

DN-SN-88-01911. Subject Operation/Series: SANDCRAB '86 Base: Naval Amphib Base, Little Creek State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soviet tanks in Berlin. On 8th May 1945, after 18 days of fierce fighting, the German army surrender.

WW1 - Mk.1 Tank used in Trafagar Square to sell National War Bonds. The sign visible at rear details which British city had sold the most war bonds. Date: 1917

Carl Jehanders lok "Carl

'Le "Tank"; premiere apparition d'un des nouveaux cuirasses de terre de l'armee britannique au milieu des positions allemandes, a l'attaque du village de Flers, au nord de la Somme, le 15 septembre', 1916. From "Collection de la Guerre IV. L'Illustration Tome CXLVIII. La Guerre Juillet, Aout, Septembre, Octobre, Novembre, Decembre 1916". (First appearance of one of the new British army tanks in German positions, attacking the village of Flers, north of the Somme, on September 15)

Gun shield used in various ways Probably Doroschoutz, East Galicia, Bukovina, Russia; photographer: Lück.

Tanks ready for maneuvers , Tanks Military science, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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