Historic Military Tanks in Action

Images depicting various military tanks from different eras during exercises and maneuvers, showcasing armored vehicles in diverse settings.

1930s 1940s SMALL AMERICAN ARMY M2 LIGHT TANK ON AN INCLINE BY SIDE OF ROAD

French Cavalry Officers School. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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

1930s 1940s SMALL AMERICAN ARMY M2 LIGHT TANK ON AN INCLINE BY SIDE OF ROAD

Pearl Harbour (See Also: Military Hawaii) - Hawaii. March 8, 1943.

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

286-MP-FRA-3812_3816. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

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

Tank ***** Four Men -- The two runaway tanks with shreds of the wrecked tents still clinging to the tracks after they had run over the tents with the sleeping toys in, in killing four and injuring four. August 26, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Konings Gambert in Germany. Leopard 1 tank in action. August 9, 1968. Germany

New British Self-propelled Anti-Tank Gun -- The new 3-inch self-propelled anti-tank gun Mark 10. A new British 3-inch self-propelled anti-tank gun, Mark 10, built on the lines of Sherman tank, has been designed for action with British and Canadian anti-tank units. Men of battery of the Royal Canadian Artillery are here seen training with the new weapon. January 8, 1945. (Photo by British Official War Office Photo).

Taking advantage of protection offered by a medium tank, Turkish infantrymen open fire on communist positions. November 21, 1952. (Photo by United States Information Service).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC One-year anniversary of the armored troops in Bandoeng. Demonstrations by Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL. Tank drives over bridge part. November 23, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Frank Forde visits Crust Clubtory camp. April 15, 1942.

Stalingrad. September 1942. The German tanks walk in combination with the Infantry, after breaking the formidable defense line of the Bolsheviks.

Light vickers tank in the grounds with fuser fuse truck driver in the dome.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. KNIL BREN carrier with crew infantry vi knascil "gagak Hitam". 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Test Mobilization Cavalry (TANKESCADRON). Packing in the tanks of the plunge bags. May 2, 1963

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

British Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Cruiser Mk II (A10 Mk I)

The Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.

Madrid, 1939. Spanish Civil War. Joy for the liberation of Madrid. In the image, a tank accompanied by pack animals and soldiers.

Rumbling M-3's In Test Run - A line of -3's (the 28-ton tanks also known as "General Grants"- rumble off on a 50-nilo test run in the Chrysler plant proving grounds, Detroit, U.S.A. September 14, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).

DA-ST-89-06587. Base: Unknown

Tanks, carriers, armored vehicles (Sherman M4A1; RAM II; GMC Staghound; GMC Otter; HUMBER MK I and MK III; Daimler Dingo; Ford Lynx), 1947.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Visit of MP JHR. M. Ruijs de Beerenbrouck to Java. Visit to an Eskadron fighting trucks KNIL. A stuart tank. March 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Konings Gambert in Germany. German armored car. August 9, 1968. Germany

The American Army in France during the First World War 301st Tank Battalion. American heavies going into action at Souplet on the morning of 17 October 1918. Note Old Glory flying from the tank. St Souplet, Nord.

A column of Soviet tanks T34/85 (winter 1943-44)

Tanks Lumber Toward Front -- The caption for this picture, received in New York by way of Lisbon August 3, describes the scene as a phase of a tank battle between these advancing German Panzers and Russian Mechanized might in the Belgorod area of the Eastern front, while "Heavy Smoke Clouds Arise from the Battleground" on the Horizon. March 8, 1943. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).

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One of the test pictures from the Russian front, supplied by a German source and reaching London via America, shows a line of Soviet tanks knocked out in on the recent fierge battles. This picture well illustrates the devastating tank losses that must be draining the supplies of both sides. October 11, 1941. (Photo by Keystone).

General Grant tanks moving into formation for battle practice, during manoeuvres in Australia. September 12, 1942.

Russians Look Over Their Booty -- Victorious Red Army Troops on the Second Ukrainian front stand in mud as they examine captured German war Equipment, according to the caption accompany this Russian Photo. The Second Ukrainian Army has driven into old Rumania. March 19, 1944. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Presentation of awards to Major Luchsinger and Lieutenant Bos in Bandoeng. Soldiers with killing helmets stopped for brencarriers. November 2, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Command transfer at the tankbataljon at Camp Amsvorde in Amersfoort. Centurion combat tanks during the parade.

Sherman Tank and crew on Iwo Jima. The tank was damaged by a Japanese Land Mine and artillery but the crew survived 1945

Pointing Toward Stalingrad -- The gun on this Nazi tank toward Stalingrad as the armored vehicle supported an advance German infantry against Soviet fortifications in the Volga industrial city, according to the caption accompanying this German photo ***** reached New York from neutral Portugal. December 5, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

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.

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Konings Gambert in Germany. Soldiers, standing in a stream next to a caterpillar vehicle. August 9, 1968. Germany

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Farewell parade British Indian tank regiment 13th Lancers. Maneuvers with Sherman tanks. August 1, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Inspector General Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard also visits the training grounds at Hohne during his working visit to 41 armored brigade. On the photo, a (exercise) wounded is made ready for drain by a jeep M38A1 Neck. On the right a Centurion MK 5 combat tank in the background an AMX-Pri.

Two Destroyed Panzer IV belonging to the 20. Panzer Division, dead crew members, Soviet Soldiers at the pocket of Bobruisk, 28 June 1944

Black and white photograph of World War II (1939-1945); British tanks continue their advance through the desert after the victory of El Alamein.

Australian Tanks - Tanks - War File. August 23, 1942.

World War II, Sergeant Carl Hardy, stalking a tank on maneuvers with the Second Army in middle Tennessee. The simulated twenty-nine pound TNT statchel charge laid on the bogey of the light tank would wreck it, and possibly kill the four operators within, 1942.

Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the British Army 1939-45 Churchill with Goat explosive charge carrier

U.S. Army Coastguards Fire 1,400 LB. Shells In First Practice For Eight Years -- A 14 inch gun of the U.S. Army Coast Artillery being fired at Don. California during recent Target practice. This type of gun has not been used during the past eight years owing to its window shattering qualities but to overcome this, the practice was held at Don, far from any building. June 25, 1936. (Photo by Kosmos Press Bureau).

Tank Crashes Though Road Barrier In Italy -- A General Sherman tank crashes though a road barrier at Nicastro, in Italy, during the British Eight Army's Advance northward to join the U.S Fifth Army. This is a British Official Photo. September 22, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

BRITISH ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 1918-1939: Infantry Tank Mk I Matilda I.

The King Inspects An Armoured Division Somewhere In England -- A general view of some of the tanks at the inspection. January 19, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Escadrons Tanks depart from Amersfoort station for El Exercise Big Ferro in West Germany, soldiers on tanks. September 10, 1973. Amersfoort

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

World War I, German heavy artillery, ca. 1917

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.

British Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Cruiser Mk III (A13)

Marines man an M-60A1 Reliability Improved System Equipment (RISE) main battle tank during a combined arms demonstration at Range 7 of The Basic School. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Cruiser Mk III (A13)

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Exploration trip Bren-Carriers 2-10 R.I. Surakarta. Bren carrier is checked. March 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Surakarta

French Cavalry Officers School. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Army aneuvers on the Veluwe armored car. August 2, 1949. Gelderland, Veluwe

Development of French Sudan Bamaku to Timbuctu. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Soviet-German Front. The red army is continuing its advance into the western Ukraine. Soviet tanks passing through a Ukrainian Village. March 13, 1944. (Photo by A. Kapustyansky, SIB Photo Service).

Bren gun carriers negotiating being obstacle during a ***** at Seymour.August 4, 1941.

Algerian Desert Maneuvers. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Anefo photo collection. Netherlands Brigade maneuvers. Tinking Carrier Entering Estate Princess Irene Brigade exercises. sloping carrier estate. August 1943. Britain

Anefo photo collection. Training tank drivers in Amersfoort. May 17, 1961. Amersfoort

Artillery tractor, Secretary of War Baker ca. 1918.

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Cruiser Mk II (A10 Mk I)

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Miscellaneous and sworn officers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade in Tjikempek. Tjikempek. Eleven officers of the 2nd Infantry Brigade group were taught in Velde. The carriers in Linie prepared on the Beetigingsveld .. October 3, 1947. Cikempek, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. On Dutch passenger ship employed troop transport. Anti-aircraft gun. 1944. Canada

Spanish tanks left behind by Italians.Spain has an army of 500,000 men which will he brought to 3,500,000 when mobilization ordered last week by Franco is completed. The Army is partly motorized with equipment supplied by Russia and France to the Loyalists at the beginning of the Civil War (later taken over by Franco) and by tanks left behind by Germans and Italians at end of the Civil War. After the Civil war, Mussolini presented a till for 270 million dollars for this equipment and other services rendered. Installments on this bill fall due quarterly. April 10, 1943.

Front view of a wrecked Soviet-made T-55 main battle tank. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Country: Sinai Desert

WW1, England, British heavy artillary firing across the channel, 1916.

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

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

Dutch soldiers in coverage at two DKW Mungas from the Royal Netherlands Army along the side of a country road during an international exercise in Westphalia, West Germany. A British armored truck passes

Tanks and Afvs of the British Army 1939-45 Infantry tank Black Prince (A43)

French Army Prepared for Defense (Magazine Unit Story). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Ninth Air force fighter-bombers in co-operation with ground artillery knocked out this Royal Tiger tank on the main road from Bastogne to Houffalize during recent fighting in the Belgian Bulge. The condition of trees in the background provides an

Anefo photo collection. Training tank drivers in Amersfoort. May 17, 1961. Amersfoort

Rear of the heavy combat tank Leopard 2 with twisted dome during an exercise in Germany. On the road sign is warned about slip hazard on the road by mud E.D. caused by the moving tanks.

German Gun Fours Shells Into Stalingrad -- Through a neutral source this photograph reached London. A siege gun pours shells in the direction of Stalingrad, which today still was resisting, after a siege of 40 days and nights. October 3, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Big Ferro in Germany, tanks in action. September 14, 1973. Germany

Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles of the British Army 1939-45 Sherman Lobster flail

WWII.German tank.

Tank Bites The Dust - With Full speed ahead this light tank from fort Meade, MD., plowed up the earth here today as it landed nose first after jumping a fire trench during a demonstration before regular and national guard officers. A moment later the Battle Wagon did a Flip-Flop and landed on its back. November 25, 1940.

Allied Manoeuvres In Italy -- An impressive shot of one of the tanks taking part in the Manoeuvres.The Friuli district of Italy has been the scene recently of allied manoeuvres under the command of generals Frattini and Schlatter. June 08, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper)

New French Arms are Displayed in Paris. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Ninth Air Force Bombing Of The Area In The Luxembourg Sector Knocked Out This German Panther Panzerkampfwagen Iv Tank As The Enemy Was Forced Back To The Siegfried Defenses And Toward The Rhine.

A line of M-109 self-propelled 155mm howitzers roll down a dirt road during maneuvers. Country: Europe

Anefo photo collection. Visit Hare Majesty Queen Dutch troops Seedorf surroundings BRD; Leopard tanks air cooling guns. August 20, 1986. Germany, Seedorf

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