Historical Military Exercises

Photographs illustrate European military training with tanks and artillery, showcasing drills and logistics during exercises from the mid-20th century.

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

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

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

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

Anefo photo collection. Army exercise Konings Gambert in Germany. Dutch soldiers to recover the damage caused by armored vehicles. On the right a Leopard 1 tank. August 9, 1968. Germany

NATO Tank Training Center Gives Instruction on Latest Tanks (NATO Tank School, Mailly). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action with tanks at Toba and surroundings. M3 Stuart tank passes a hole in the way. March 1949. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Solo

Anefo photo collection. Forest fire at t hard on the Veluwe; Army came to Centurion tank. June 18, 1970

French Army - Training Recruits. 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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Evacuation Withdrawal from Kemiri (Purworedjo). A brencarrier passes a kampong. A Dutch officer is paramount. Village youth and population watches from the dessa. October 8, 1949. Indonesia, Java, Kemiri, Dutch East Indies

An LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle comes ashore during a beach assault, part of Operation Ocean Venture '82. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '82 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

British Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell I (A27M). Pre-production model in mild steel.

World War 2: German invasion of Poland, 1 September 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By 20 September only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on 29 September.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action Cheribon. Cheribon: a Humber of the 6th Eskadron armored cars in action during the rise to Cheribon. 26 July 1947. Cheribon, Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Members of 29 British Brigade chat with any American 'mate' in the lee of a Centurion Tank. December 29, 1950. (Photo by HQ BCOF, Japan).

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

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Contact with the W-Brigade. Humber Scoutscar drives over a narrow wooden bridge. August 1, 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. M3A1 Stuart tank "Atlas" ? E Eskadron Fighting trucks KNIL. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

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

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

Red Army Attack. The Battle of Khalkhyn Gol by Anonymous /Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk/1939/Photograph/Russia/History

Colonel Jimmy G. Martin, Aviano Air Base Commander, goes for a ride in one of five new M-60 main battle tanks that have been assigned to the Italian 132nd Manin Tank Brigade. The tank is headed for the firing range at Maniago. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA)

First picture of the new Covenanter cruiser tank described as an "armoured greyhound". It has an astonishing turn of speed, and a terrific fire power. The tank was named by the Minister of Supply, Lord Beaverbrook. It will doubtless prove as fierce a fighter as the Covenanters of the 17th Century. December 16, 1948. (Photo by London News Agency Photos).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Action with tanks at Toba and surroundings. M3 Stuart tank, left a bridge laying tank (Valentine), a Z.G. Avlb. March 1949. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Bandoeng. DEILER T.G.V. Birthday Queen Wilhelmina for the building of Transport and Water Management in Bandoeng. attended by General Major de Waal, commander of the B division. August 31, 1946. Bandung, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

German invasion of Poland, September 1, 1939, World War II

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Relocation of the 3rd eskadron armored cars from Praboemoelih to Moela enim. Humber armored car with crew member. July 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Poerwakarta, Sumatra

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

12/31/1941. A British tank hit and immobilized by Italian artillery.

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

Light tanks, speeding across rough country, have just burst from cover to open fire on "the enemy." To-day, at Green Hills, tank manoeuvres and anti-tank gun firing was witnessed by 500 officers and N.C.O.'s of the 18th Brigade, A.I.F. March 25, 1940.

08/31/1937. The Republican Tanks that Paraded with the Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, Engineers, Antigas, Transmissions and Aviation Forces, in a Sports-Military concentration in Chamartín.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Photos on article 'in Porrong are the tanks' in the magazine Weapon Budders. Visiting the Hussars van Boreel, te Porrong. A stuart M2 tank gets a thorough turn. November 5, 1948. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies, Porrong

Franco Reviews His Armed Forces -- Spanish Army tanks being paraded during the review in Madrid, April 1.Generalissimo Franco reviewed units of his Armed Forces in a parade in Madrid, April 1, commemorating Victory in the Spanish Civil War. After the parade, thousands gathered outside the Royal Palace where Franco acknowledged the cheering crowds from the balcony. April 11, 1946. Associated Press Photo).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting army technical service in Meester Cornelis (Batavia). Motor section of a track vehicle. February 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

The British Army in Burma 1945 Lee tanks advance along one of the few good roads which follows the Irrawaddy River, during the advance of 20th Division to Prome, 3 May 1945.

Youths of 22 Lands Convene in Dakar. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

The medium combat tanks of the RAM II type seemed to a Sherman in some respects.

North Africa, 1942 (CA.). Second World War. An Italian motorized column, escorted by tanks, crossing the Marmarica desert, on the Sollum front.

Type 3 Chi-Nu tanks of the 4th Tank Division, with a few Type 3 Ho-Ni III self-propelled guns among them, 1945

Scars of Mareth Line Fighting - British Tommies who played roles in the victory at the Mareth Line look over damage done by the fighting to one of the few shops at Mareth. April 13, 1943. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Purification actions around Medan. Medan-Brastagi: Purification campaign in the Medan area. The road along the piso-piso is digging through the TNI with tankfalls. The bulldozer is involved in closing the holes. October 13, 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

U.S. Tanks Perform For Russian Army Observers As They Do on German Front - Displaying the battle power that they are new showing against the Germans on the European front, U.S. tanks staged a demonstration for visiting Russian Army officers at a fort in southeastern United States to further acquaint the Soviet observers with the military might of their allies in the fight against the Axis nations. In dark uniforms in front of a group of medium tanks during the maneuvers are Colonel Paul Berezin, left, aviation attache to the Russian legation, and Major Peter Barabanchikov, Russian Army engineer. August 05, 1942.

Photograph of Sir Winston Churchill inspecting a Cromwell Tank. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965) a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Dated 20th Century

BRITISH TANKS AND ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 1939-45: Infantry Tank Mk III Valentine III.

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. NATO exercise "Aqua Marine" involving all the equipment between Venlo and Nijmegen through pontoon bridges over the Maas. Military sprays the terrain where the tanks go with water. September 19, 1983. Limburg, Well

A column centurion m3 combat tanks of 41 tankbataljon regiment Hussars Prince Alexander during a parade in Ede on the occasion of liberation day, in the presence of among others. Queen Juliana and Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard.

"General Sherman" in Action , First Picture.The new General Sherman, tanks photographed during the present of Fensive in Egypt. They have played a big part in the latest desert battle, they are fitted with a 75 mm gun turret. Their high speed game as an unpleasant surprise to the enemy. February 01, 1948. (Photo by British Official Photo).

A Browning M55 quading gun color in the rack on the Waalsdorsplain. The crew consisted of 1 x pieces commander, 1 x Richter and also shooter; 2 x Charger (Li and Re). Four Browning Miter Railer 12.7 mm (point 50 inches) mounted on the upper suit M45 and the subway from M20 to which the balloon tires are mounted.

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

Operation Kutuzov. Soviet troops follow their tanks near Orel, Anonymous

Strange Taxi. Natives of Okinawa, fright giving way to bewilderment, are "taxied" in a Marine amphibious invasion craft to a refugee camp away from the gunfire on the Ryukyu stronghold. A Coast Guard combat photographer catches the facial expressions of the women, one of whom apparently enjoys her ride in the strange American "taxicab.".

New British Tank - The "Caernarvon", Britain's new experimental tank. A new experimental tank, to be named the Caernarvon, is about to be issued to armoured unite at home and overseas, for automotive trials Announced the War Office.The new tank is an improvement on the existing Centurion, with better armour and a more powerful engine. A new design in suspension and wider tracks will give lower ground pressure. The tank will be tried in two forms. One will mount a Centurion turret, the other will be turretleso, but loaded with ballast weights. The trials will exhaustively conducted over all types of country and in all weather conditions to obtain the maximum data for further improvements. August 29, 1953. (Photo by Sports & General Press Agency Ltd.)

Sergeant V. Foresy, sitting in the turret of his M60A1 tank, 1ST Platoon, Company A, 1ST Tank Battalion, is the commander of this well concealed tank. Next to him, is his ammo (ammunition) loader, Lance Corporal A. J. Allen (with binoculars). Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A right side view of a manned Soviet KS-19 100mm anti-aircraft gun. (Substandard image). Country: Unknown

British Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles 1939-45 Infantry Tank Mk II Matilda (A12).

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

9.2 inch railway gun Boesinghe 22-08-1917

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

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

Poll photo collection. Liberation from Noord-Brabant along the Corridor Bergeijk - Valkenswaard - Aalst - Eindhoven. Tank units of the Irish Guards attract through the corridor towards Arnhem. September 18, 1944. Aalst, Noord-Brabant

Defeated German equipment in the area of the Bobruisk, Belarus, USSR. On June 29, 1944, the Red Army liberated Babruysk. 1944

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank lies in ruins after being destroyed by the French 6th Light Armored Division during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Anefo photo collection. Exercise "Otter" Transport tanks by boat and crossing assault boats. March 16, 1955

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. M3A1 Stuart Tank "Atlas" 3rd Eskadron Fighting Carts Knil. 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Test exercise of the Army Force in Valkenswaard (NB). December 9, 1964. Noord-Brabant, Valkenswaard

A French bren carrier patrolling no mans land, Battle of Bir Hakeim, June 1942. Artist: 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.

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

Anefo photo collection. Batavia. Entry british troops stuart tanks. Light exploration tank British Indians upright tank. September 1945. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Russian Theatre Of War -- Burning German Tanks - Orel Sector. November 21, 1943. (Photo by British Ministry of Information).

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

Russian Anti-Tank Guns Set For Action On Southern Front -- Crews of Russian Anti-Tank guns somewhere on the southern front get set to fire their destructive weapons against approaching German tank units. Guns such as these have been Major Factors in the Red Army's Fight at Stalingrad and in the lower Caucasus. October 14, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC REPORTAGE Artillery. Artillery. Shooting exercises. Savings (25-ponder) is loaded. May 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Eight Army River Sangro Line - A diversion across the River Trigno. The 8th. Army having crossed the Trigno in force are in the contact with the enemy from Torino along the line of the River Sangro. On their left flank they have gained some high ground in the direction of Alfredena in the face of heavy shelling. Bad weather continues to hold up any major advance, but, step by step, village by village, then enemy retire to new positions each one nearer Rome. January 13, 1944. (Photo by British Official Photograph).

Anefo photo collection. Third day hostage train the point; Armored vehicle and barbed wire on transition. May 25, 1977

Artwork: "Wild Bunch". Artist: Peter Varisano, Catalog Number: 1.56.91. Country: Unknown

United States of America, Daniel, Henri, Russian anti-aircraft guns, verso - stamped, photograph, photo, photos, HENRI DANIEL, PARIS , Copyright by, UNIONPHOTO ', 'COPYRIGHT BY, UNIONBILD AMSTERDAM, ' and 'COLLECTION COSSIRA', height 138 mm, width 213 mm, photographer, 1930 - 1940, photographic paper, photo paper, gelatin silver print, gelatin silver print development

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Five-day advance by Mountains Patjet, Sendi, SOEMMENT GONDO, Djurang, KoEli, Lember, Brantas, Djoenggo, Batoe. Patjet Batoe. After a five-day trip through the mountain terrain of East Java, the infantry meets a motorized unity of the Marines. The Zandhazen lifts with the muffles. The bulldozer is paramount to release the road from tree breaks. July 1947. Indonesia, Java, Dutch East Indies

A French Foreign Legion 75mm battery, Libya, World War II, June 1942. Artist: Unknown

Wreckage on the Don's Left Bank -- Ferocity of the Russian counter-attack Northwest of Stalingrad is depicted in this official soviet photo of wrecked German fighting machines. Germans suffered heavy losses in men a material such as this. on the left bank of the Don. January 1, 1942. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

The field parade, a weapons display by all units of the Bundeswehr and NATO on 22 March 1972 in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

American light tank returning after the battle. Bren gunner in fore ground is covering the road. WWII, December 1942.

The British Army in Burma 1945 A Sherman tank during the advance south of Mandalay, 20 March 1945.

The Bundeswehr weapons show, here in Dortmund-Luettgendortmund in 1966, attracted the interest of children and young people Opponents of war protested against di Opponents of war protested against the show, Germany, Europe

A battery exercise with the 90mm fire mouth on the air target artillery school.

British Army On The Alert In Canal Zone -- British Troops stationed in the Suez Canal Zone are in constant training to keep on the alert for the job of defending the vital international waterway. Here is a section of armored cars of the Royal Dragoons during training exercises in the desert in the Fayid area, H. Q. of the British Middle East Land Force. October 17, 1951.

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

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