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Historical Military Vehicles

Photos showcasing various military tanks and vehicles from different eras. Displays include preserved and operational military hardware, emphasizing history and technology.

"Daimler Benz Panzer III" - World War II German tank on the battlefield. Aquino Tank Weekend - historical military show 07.28.2024 - Oshawa, Canada

On the afternoon of May 24th, 1996, an IFOR (Implementation Force) M-109A2, 155mm, self propelled Howitzer, belonging to 1ST Platoon, B Battery, 4th Battalion, 29th Field Artillery, fires a round during a live fire exercise near Glamoc, Bosnia-Herzegovina (XJ 5282), in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Glamoc Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

An M-1A1 Abrams main battle tank waits on the stern ramp of the Military Sealift Command-chartered vehicle cargo ship CAPE HUDSON (T-AKR-5066) as a trailer is pulled down the ramp by a forklift. The CAPE HUDSON transported the vehicles and other equipment back from the Persian Gulf region, where they were used in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: La Porte State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-85-09131. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Bulgaria, Sofia, Outdoor Park by the National Museum of Military History, WW2-era, German Panzer III self-propelled gun

The Second Indochina War, known in America as the Vietnam War, was a Cold War era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the U. S. and other anti-communist nations. The U. S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam and part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government viewed the war as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U. S. , and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U. S. puppet state. U. S. military advisors arrived beginning in 1950. U. S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with U. S. troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962. U. S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations

While these two M-60A1 tank crews are on standby, they relax on the back of their tank. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DM-ST-87-10894. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

050912-N-5024W-001. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 2005 Base: Mubarak Military City Country: Egypt (EGY)

Close up shot of the destroyed turret of a confiscated Serbian Army BOV-VP Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). US Army engineer, B, Co., 40th Engineer Battallion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Eagle, destroyed this APC during Operation Joint Endeavor. Operation Joint Endeavor is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Unknown

An Implementation Force (IFOR) Fire Support Team Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle and an M113 Armored Personnel Carrier provide security at the front gate of Camp Kime, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Camp Kime Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Italian Batteria di Artiglieria M109L Self-propelled Howitzers in position at Slatina Base. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A Scorpion reconnaissance vehicle of the 7th Brigade Royal Scots, 1ST United Kingdom Armored Division, advances east into Kuwait from southern Iraq during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Members of the 10th Marine Regiment camouflage an XM-198 155mm howitzer at Tactical Landing Zone Cardinal during Exercise Solid Shield '83. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A Marine M-60A1 main battle tank moves inland after coming ashore duirng a cold weather training exercise. Country: Norway (NOR)

An M-1 Abrams main battle tank, foreground, and M-113 armored personnel carriers, background, move along the desert during exercise Bright Star '89. Subject Operation/Series: Bright Star '89 Country: Egypt (EGY)

A Russian BTR 80 personnel carrier used by Russian military police from 1ST Battalion Airborne Brigade, 76th Airborne Division, patrol around the Serbian town of Zvornic on the afternoon of 29 February 96 with B troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division on a joint patrol in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Zvornik Country: Serbia (SER)

A view of a Soviet T-62 battle tank on display at the Warrior Preparation Center. Base: Einsiedlerhof Country: Federal Republic Of Germany (FRG)

Artwork: "Night Attack". Artist: Mario Acevedo. Catalog Number: 8.4.91, US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

US Sherman Tank Monument, Mulberry Harbour, Arromanches-les-Bains, Normandy, France.

Scale model of russian tank

A scene of Equipment Park is shown Sept. 2, 2022, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Equipment Park is inside the installations historic Commemorative Area. The Equipment Park is an outdoor display of historic and present-day equipment representative of the types used on the installation. The design of the park allows for display of 70 pieces of equipment, ranging from helicopters and howitzers to trucks and trailers. The Commemorative Area also consists of five World War II-era buildings set aside to help tell Fort McCoys unique story. These facilities are representative of the types found in the cantonment area when it was constructed in 1942.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-127 Mission Specialist Julie Payette takes her turn practice driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier, which is part of the training on emergency egress procedures. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency. Behind her is Pilot Doug Hurley. The crew members of space shuttle Endeavour's STS-127 mission are taking turns driving the M-113. An M-113 will be available to transport the crew to safety in the event of a contingency on the pad before their launch. The crew is at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for a launch dress rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes the emergency egress training and equipment familiarization. The STS-127 mission is the final of three flights dedicated to the assembly of the Japanese Kibo laboratory complex. Endeavour's launch is targeted for June 13.

DA-ST-89-06589. Base: Unknown

Convoying down the valley towards Twin Bridges training area, a group of M2A1s (Bradley Fighting Vehicle) in the Republic of Korea, Nov. 2, 1998. The M2A1s comes from the Task Force, 1ST Battalion, 23rd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Wash. Upon arriving at the Twin Bridges training area, TF 123 will conduct an assault on two Infantry companies from a Republic of Korea armored brigade as part of Foal Eagle '98, a combined exercise involving the Republic of Korea Army and the United States Armed Forces. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Warld War II - German tank Tiger - Panzerkampfwagen VI

MINS.Landsort details and text to.Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Marine Corps High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), armed with tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire guided (TOW) missile systems are parked on the perimeter of the air facility in Cap Haitien. One of the vehicles is partially covered with camouflage netting. They are providing security for the airfield during Operation Uphold Democracy. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Cap Haitien Country: Haiti (HTI)

A squad of Colombian Marines lays prone in the sand in front of a US Marine Corps AAVP-7 amphibious assault vehicle as a second squad deploys from another AAVP-7 farther up the beach. The beach assault is part of UNITAS XXV, an Exercise involving forces from the US and six South American nations. Subject Operation/Series: UNITAS XXV Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Rear view of camouflaged tank with Closeup view of ammunition loader used to load shells into gun barrel in Nonsan, South Korea, Asia

970211-M-3360V-001. Subject Operation/Series: REVISED CAPABILITIES Base: Mout Facility, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Second World War Two Sherman tank as WW2 monument near Juno Beach at Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, France

030422-M-7262C-103. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

U.S. Army Sgt. Sean Bean, a Nodal Network Systems Operator assigned to U.S. Army Network Enterprise Center Belgium, 39th Strategic Signal Battalion, leads the ruck march as he competes for the unit's quarterly Best Warrior Competition, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, Dec. 08, 2022.

010717-A-6788L-003. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

World War II era German Army demolition vehicles; the Goliath, the Springer and the Borgward IV.

A column of Marine AAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles pauses on the side of a road during a cold weather training exercise. Country: Norway (NOR)

damaged military tank on a city street in Ukraine damaged military tank on the city street war in Ukraine with Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 21337982

German contractors prepare an Air Force M-60A3 main battle tank for transport to Sembach Air Base, Germany, as the 26th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing (26th TRW) moves its aircraft and equipment out of Zweibrucken prior to the wing's inactivation. The tank is used by the 26th TRW's explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) personnel for clearing munitions. Base: Zweibrucken Air Base Country: Deutschland / Germany(DEU)

Various World War 2 vehicles participate in the Tanks in Mons parade held at Estinnes, Belgium, Aug. 27, 2022. Tanks in Mons, an annual event in its 21st year, brings people together to commemorate the Liberation of Belgium and the historic Battle of the Mons Pocket.

old tank fallen asleep by snow

DA-ST-88-04848. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DN-ST-85-03610. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '82 Base: Cairo West Air Base State: Al Qahirah Country: Egypt (EGY)

A left front view of a ZPU-4 anti-aircraft machine gun that was captured during Operation Desert Storm. An AML-90 light armored car is at left. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Two United States Marine Corps Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAVs) land on the beaches of the Shoalwater Bay training area, Queensland, Australia during the amphibious assault exercise of Crocodile'99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Soviet medium tank T-34 on the background of the Winter Palace o ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Soviet medium tank T-34 on the background of the Winter Palace on the Day of memory and grief Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11575438

A view of the 37mm ammunition loaded in an Iraqi M-1939 automatic anti-aircraft gun abandoned at Kuwait International Airport after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

M4 Sherman tank from WWII, on display at Alamein Military Museum, Egypt

DF-ST-85-04824. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '83 Base: Fulda Country: West Germany (FRG)

England, Dorset, Bovington, Tank Museum

Artwork: "Setting Up the Action", Fort Sill, Oklahoma 1970, watercolor, 22" x 30". Artist: Joseph Santoro. Catalog Number: W.2.14.71. US Army Art Collection. Country: Unknown

Cuba, Bahia de Cochinos, Armored Tank in cuban national colours at the Museo Giron (Giron beach) Museum at Bahia de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs)

the gun on the Sattakut wreck off the coast of Koh Tao

A Soviet-made 7.62-mm PKT light machine gun and boxes of ammunition seized during the multi-service, multinational Operation URGENT FURY. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Country: Grenada (GRD)

PFC Glenn Garrity mans a 50 caliber machine gun on an M-109A3 155mm self propelled howitzer at McGill Base (Grid 171726) were his unit, A Battery of the 2-3 Field Artillery, is deployed. A Battery supports units in the 1ST Brigade, 1ST Armor Division area which is part of the NATO Implementation Force (IFOR), in Bosnia-Herzegovina, May 9, 1996 during Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marines of Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, patrol the Balboa section of the city in their LAV25 light armored vehicles. Base: Panama City Country: Panama (PAN)

Civil engineering personnel from the Arkansas Army National Guard unload a 27-ft. bridge erection boat from the back of a 5-ton truck. The boat will be used to rescue cattle stranded by flooding in the area. Base: Red River State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

US Army (USA) National Guardsman SPECIALIST (SPC) James Meidl operates a D-7 bulldozer to help clear the roads in Pass Christian, Mississippi (MS), in support of the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. Base: Pass Christian State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Las tanquetas TKS fueron unos pequeños vehículos BLINDADOS de Reconocimiento, diseñados y construídos en Polonia y empleadas Por El Ejército polaco en la Segunda Guerra Mundial ra Mundial. Fabricados de 1931-1939. Museo de Oskar Schindler. Cracovia. Polonia. Europa.

Destroyed military equipment of Russia

An Iraqi BM-21a 122mm multiple rocket launcher vehicle destroyed in the Euphrates River Valley during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

An armored unit moves along a country road during Exercise Team Spirit '81. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '81 Country: Korea

030821-M-7837W-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Wasit Country: Iraq (IRQ)

M-1 Abrams Tanks are positioned on the well lighted rail marshaling area during SEDRE. Subject Operation/Series: SEA EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT READINESS EXERCISE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Local residents walk past a T-55 main battle tank stranded outside the Presidential Palace following a battle between rebel forces and the government. Base: Addis Ababa Country: Ethiopia(ETH)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Space shuttle Endeavour's STS-134 crew members participate in M113 armored personnel carrier training at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. An M113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency exit from the pad is needed and every shuttle crew is trained on driving the vehicle before launch. Endeavour's six crew members are at Kennedy for the launch countdown dress rehearsal called the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) and related training. Targeted to launch April 19 at 7:48 p.m. EDT, they will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier-3, Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS), a high-pressure gas tank, additional spare parts for the Dextre robotic helper and micrometeoroid debris shields to the space station. This will be the final spaceflight for Endeavour.

Military tank with armed forces in a battlefield

Marines in an LAV-25 light armored vehicles patrol the streets of the city during Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in southern Turkey and northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Military armored car with gun of military armored cars with guns

Musee Memorial d Omaha Beach, Saint Laurent sur Mer, Calvados, Normandy, Frankce, Europe

M113 armored personnel carriers to the 1ST Battalion, 61st Infantry, 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized), are unloaded at the Miraflores Locks from the cargo ship USNS BELLATRIX (T-AKR 288). State: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

Universal Carriers in Service With the British Army during the Second World War A Bren gun carrier making its way through smoke down a dirt road.

The United States Army provides rides in an M113 armored personnel carrier for children visiting the Tempelhof Central Airport Open House '83. Base: Berlin Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An M-48 main battle tank stands at the entrance to Fort Knox. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Armored Personnel Carrier (tank) arrives from FMC (Food Machinery Corporation) for transformation into a HAZMAT (Hazardous Materials) vehicle

A parked transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) lifts the launcher into position during a ground launch cruise missile (GLCM) evaluation. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

HMS Hood at Auckland, 1920-1930 , Auckland, maker unknown.

Destroyed military equipment of Russia Odessa, Ukraine. 25.08.2022. Exhibition of burnt Russian military equipment during the war in Ukraine Copyright: xZoonar.com/Multipediax 19024122

British vehicles assemble in the north port to be loaded onto the Russian commercial ship Vladimir Vaslyaev for transport back to England after deployment. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Split Country: Croatia (HRV)

russian Infantry fighting vehicle with 57-mm automatic gun

Kampffahrzeuge auf der Karte von Zypern. Militärische Verteidigung von Zypern Konzept, 3D-Rendering Combat vehicles on Cyprus map. Military defence of Cyprus concept, 3D rendering isolated on white background LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23260278

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII, Hawaii (July 11, 2022) Republic of Korea Marines, attached to 1st Assault Amphibian Vehicle Battalion, 1st Marine Division launch amphibious assault vehicles during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 11. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Air cushion landing craft (LCAC-37) of Assault Craft Unit 4 (ACU-4) rests on the beach. Country: Bahrain (BHR)

Artwork: "Maintaining" 1985. Artist: Jim Butcher. Catalog Number: 7.1.85. Country: Unknown

England, North Yorkshire, York. A US Army military vehicle at a rally in York.

A static display of a tank in front of the U.S. Army Soldier Support Institute.

Bewaffneter Konflikt zwischen Russland und der Ukraine auf der Landkarte Europas. Armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine on the map of Europe. LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/DMITRIxMARUTAx 23328962

The children photographed on the background of Soviet heavy tank ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: The children photographed on the background of Soviet heavy tank KV-1 on the background of the Winter Palace Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 16550640

DM-ST-85-09201. Base: Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A left front view of a Soviet T-80 main battle tank carrying a range-extending fuel drum at the rear of the hull and a 12.7mm machine gun atop the turret. The T-80's reactive armor can be seen on the turret on a line with the main gun. Country: Unknown

Flatcars deliver an M-2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, foreground, an M-109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzer, M-1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and other equipment to be displayed in the National Victory Celebration which is being held in honor of the Allied forces' liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Overloon war and resistance Museum. Second World War. Nijmegen. Netherlands.

National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Great Patriotic War Museum. Girls visiting the exhibition of miltary equipment (tanks) of WWII. Kiev. Ukraine.

Novi, Michigan, Military contractors disiplay weapons for the U.S. Army at the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium (GVSETS) . HDT Global showed its Wolf-X robotic combat vehicle

RUSSIA - 2010: shows T-34-85 medium tank, series Weapon of the Victory, Tanks, The 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 RUSSIA - CIRCA 2010: A stamp printed in Russia shows T-34-85 medium tank, series Weapon of the Victory, Tanks, The 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, circa 2010 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 6051559

Scale model of russian tank

Close-up of a military tank firing

A U.S. Air Force bomb disposal robot is prepares to inspect a simulated threat during exercise Titan Fury 23-1 at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Nov. 8, 2022. Titan Fury is a total force readiness exercise used to demonstrate the response time and capabilities of Team Fairchild.

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