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Military Tanks and Armored Vehicles

Images of various military tanks exhibited in museums, highlighting their design and historical significance.

Musee Memorial 1944 Bataille de Normandie, Battle of Normandy Memorial Museum 1944, Bayeux, Normandy, France, Churchill Tank

Soviet small amphibious tank T-38 in the background of the Alexa ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Soviet small amphibious tank T-38 in the background of the Alexandria column and the General staff Arch Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 16550853

Soviet medium tank T-34-85 on Palace square against the backgrou ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Soviet medium tank T-34-85 on Palace square against the background of St. Isaac s Cathedral Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568916

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

Bastogne, Belgium - 4 June, 2022: view of the Sherman Tank memorial in the city center of Bastogne

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

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.

Museum of armored vehicles under the open sky and under sheds in Kubinka near Moscow. Kubinka, Russia - June 12, 2011: Museum of armored vehicles under the open sky and under sheds in Kubinka near Moscow. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DmitryixBogdanovx 14067931

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Under the watchful eyes of astronaut rescue team leader Capt. George Hoggard, at center, STS-126 Pilot Eric Boe practices driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Boe and the other crew members are at Kennedy for pre-launch preparation known as Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test, or TCDT. The training provides astronauts and ground crews with an opportunity to participate in various simulated countdown activities, including equipment familiarization and a simulated launch countdown. On the STS-126 mission, space shuttle Endeavour's crew will deliver equipment and supplies to the International Space Station in preparation for expansion from a three- to six-person resident crew aboard the complex. The mission also will include four spacewalks to service the stations Solar Alpha Rotary Joints. Endeavour is targeted to launch Nov. 14.

Front view of a Serbian Army YRP-765 Armored Personnel Carrier (a DAF manufactured APC for the Royal Netherlands Army), hidden in a weapon storage site in Karakaj, Bosnia-Herzegovina, found by US military forces during Operation Joint Guard. Operation Joint Guard is part of Operation Joint Endeavor, which 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 GUARDJOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Karakaj Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DD-ST-85-01225. Country: Unknown

The holes on the tower of the Soviet medium tank T-34 model 1941 The holes on the tower of the Soviet medium tank T-34 model 1941. Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11575296

Front view of 8 inch self-propelled gun on display at seaside park in Seosan, South Korea, Asia

Illustration of the German small tank destroyer E10, the heavy tank E75 and the super-heavy tank E100.

A damaged Iraqi T-72 main battle tank draped with pieces of camouflage netting lies in the desert after being abandoned during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

Russian Soldiers, part of the Implementation Force (IFOR) patrol the Zone of Separation (ZOS), in their BTR-80 Armored Personnel Carrier in the town of Jusici, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Jusici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

010202-A-4052M-001. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

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

A close-up view of the 12.7mm Degtyarev DShKM heavy machine gun mounted on an Iraq T-55 main battle tank, one of many pieces of equipment littering the Jalibah Airfield following the liberation of Kuwait by Allied forces during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Museum copy of the tank Museum copy of the tank. Monument armored technique. Military Hill Museum. Copyright: xZoonar.com/LeonidxEremeychukx 9891677

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-131 Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio takes his instructor, Battalion Chief David Seymour, at left, for a ride in an M-113 armored personnel carrier during driving practice. Also along for the ride is STS-131 Commander Alan Poindexter. An M-113 is kept at the foot of the launch pad in case an emergency egress from the vicinity of the pad is needed. The crew members of space shuttle Discovery's STS-131 mission are at Kennedy for training related to their launch dress rehearsal, the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test. The seven-member crew will deliver the multi-purpose logistics module Leonardo, filled with resupply stowage platforms and racks, to the International Space Station aboard Discovery. Targeted for launch on April 5, STS-131 will be the 33rd shuttle mission to the station and the 131st shuttle mission overall.

Belarus, Minsk, T34 Tank Monument and House of Officers

060325-N-6901L-097. Base: Tarmiya State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Members of the 11th Armored Cavalry deploy from an M113A1 armored personnel carrier during an exercise at the border between East and West Germany. On the right is an M551 Sheridan light tank and in the background is an observation post. Country: West Germany (FRG)

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 19024116

A soldier in a Boxer armoured transport 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

The Vietnam War-era wreckage of the fuselage of a shot down USAF F-4 Phantom II fighter bomber on display at the Air Force Museum in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Kampffahrzeuge auf der slowakischen Landkarte. Militärisches Verteidigungskonzept der Slowakei, 3D-Rendering Combat vehicles on Slovak map. Military defence of Slovakia concept, 3D rendering isolated on white background LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23289594

An M-35 2.5-ton cargo truck carrying a shelter is driven down the stern ramp of the Saudi Arabian roll-on/roll-off cargo ship SAUDI HAIL during unloading operations. The SAUDI HAIL transported vehicles and other equipment back from the Persian Gulf region, where they were used during Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM Base: La Porte State: Texas(TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Gun of the WWII on Palace square in Day of memory and grief ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Gun of the WWII on Palace square in Day of memory and grief Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568929

An Iraqi T-55 main battle tank and YW-701 armored personnel carrier destroyed during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

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

England,Dorset,Bovington,The Tank Museum

Cuba. Matanzas. Playa Giron. Bay of Pigs invasion museum. Tank used in the battle.

England, Dorset, Bovington, Tank Museum

Asia, Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, rusted American tank hull at former site of Khe Sanh Combat Base

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

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

Rear view of military tanks in camouflage paint on display in public park in Nonsan, South Korea, Asia

Tank, May Day Parade, East Berlin, German Democratic Republic, May 1, 1974

DD-ST-85-01289. Country: Unknown

alte Waffe ist eine Artilleriekanone im Krieg in der Ukraine Ohne Soldaten old weapon is an artillery cannon in the war in Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia Without soldiers LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 23220935

LEOPARD 2 main battle tank, Bundeswehr Day, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

090720-N-6148D-001DAHLGREN, Va. (July 20, 2009) Transportation personnel at Naval Support Facility Dahlgren prepare to off-load a World War I-era tractor-mounted artillery piece, the first gun originally test-fired to mark the establishment of Dahlgren as a naval proving ground on Oct. 16, 1918. The 7-inch, 45 caliber gun will be restored by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.

USA, Virginia, Triangle, National Museum of the Marine Corps, WW2-era Marine soldier and Sherman tank

Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 3D rendering Infantry Fighting Vehicle, 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 21220327

M-60 main battle tanks are lined up in the staging area at the Dundalk Marine Terminal after being offloaded from the vehicle cargo/rapid response ship USNS ANTARES (T-AKR-294). The tanks were used by the 32nd Separate Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Wisconsin Army National Guard, during Exercise Reforger '86. Base: Baltimore State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marine officer candidates use an LVTP-7 personnel tracked landing vehicle during part of their training in field combat tactics. The candidates are students of The Basic School for Marine Officers Combat Training. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

Tank at Juno Beach in Normandy, France

Churchill Tanks on Manoeuvres in Britain, October 1942 Churchill tanks of A and B Squadrons, 43rd Battalion, Royal Tank Regiment, 33rd Brigade moving across rough terrain.

U.S. soldiers inspect an Iraqi MT-LB armored personnel carrier abandoned near Ali Al Salem Air Base during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Ali Al Salem Air Base Country: Kuwait(KWT)

Ein atemberaubender Blick auf eine verschneite militärische Panzeranlage in einer dramatischen Winterlandschaft A snowy military tank monument stands as a solemn reminder in a picturesque winter landscape with serene trees Copyright: xZoonar.com/ModestovxDmitryx 22697447

Alabama, Mobile. Battleship Memorial Park, US 155mm Artillery Field Piece

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

A scene of Equipment Park is shown with fall colors Oct. 3, 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.

A soldier mans the M-2 .50 caliber machine gun atop an M-113 armored personnel carrier during Exercise Brim Frost '89. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close-up view of an Iraqi S-60 57mm automatic anti-aircraft gun captured by members of the 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Missile (LAAM) Battalion at the Al Ahmed Jabar Airbase, Kuwait, on February 26, 1991, during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tanks at military museum, Hue, Vietnam.

A red carnation in the pocket on a heavy Soviet tank KV-1 at the A red carnation in the pocket on a heavy Soviet tank KV-1 at the Palace square Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568954

DA-ST-88-04763. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Toy soldiers

German anti-tank guns of WWII. The Pak 36, the Pak 40 and the Pak 43.

American P-47 fighter planes attacking German Jagdpanther tanks during World War II.

Cuba, Playa Giron, Bay of Pigs Museum. Tank and memorial wall.

Light tank T-70 time of world war II on Palace square in Day of ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Light tank T-70 time of world war II on Palace square in Day of memory and grief Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568952

armored tank close to tank gun dangerous weapon Copyright: xZoonar.com/IVASHUTINx 10182968

An Iraqi M-1939 37mm anti-aircraft gun is found positioned in front of a beach-front hotel after the retreat of Iraqi forces from Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Kuwait City Country: Kuwait(KWT)

A close-up front view of an M-60 tank during exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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.

DF-ST-86-07758. Base: Anwar Country: Egypt (EGY)

An instructor gives instructions on the operation of the 7.62 mm Mg3i on-board gun railer to a crew member of a Leopard 1 tank.

020716-M-0367H-006. Subject Operation/Series: OJOJIHARA ARTILLERY LIVE FIRE Base: Ojojihara Training Area State: Miyagi Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d Battalion 12th Marine Regimen

Battleship missile over sky background Side view battleship missile over sky background Copyright: xZoonar.com/DanielxFerreira-LeitesxCiccarinox 19338390

A scene of Equipment Park is shown May 5, 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.

Tank from the Vietnam War, Battle Field King, 175mm artillery of the Vietnamese liberation army, Hue, Vietnam, Asia

A M-728 Combat Engineer Vehicle from Charlie Company, 16th Engineer Battalion, 130th Brigade, Bamberg, Germany, demolishes a Bosnian Serb bunker on route "Arizona", near Dubrave, Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dubrave Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Infantry fighting vehicle. Military Vehicle for Soldiers on the Battlefield

STS-84 crew members ride in and learn how to operate an M-113 armored personnel carrier as part of the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. Seated inside the M-113, from left, are Mission Specialist Jean-Francois Clervoy, Pilot Eileen Marie Collins (waving) and Commander Charles J. Precourt, in front. George Hoggard, a training officer with KSC Fire Services, sits on top of the personnel carrier. STS-84 aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis will be the sixth docking of the Space Shuttle with the Russian Space Station Mir. After docking, STS-84 Mission Specialist C. Michael Foale will transfer to the space station and become a member of the Mir 23 crew, replacing U.S. astronaut Jerry M. Linenger, who will return to Earth aboard Atlantis. Foale will live and work on Mir until mid-September when his replacement is expected to arrive on the STS-86 mission. STS-84 is targeted for a May 15 liftoff

981023-A-6207H-013. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98 Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Destroyed military equipment of Russia during the war in Ukraine Odessa, Ukraine. 25.08.2022. Exhibition of burnt Russian military equipment during the war in Ukraine Copyright: xZoonar.com/Multipediax 19049099

990419-M-3368I-006. Complete Scene Caption: Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV7A1) or Amtracs are ground guided into their assigned positions on board the USS Anchorage (LSD-36) which can hold 12 AAVs in its enormous well deck. The AAVs would play a serious role in securing the beachhead during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97, held at Camp Pendleton, California. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Uss Anchorage (LSD 36) State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the 2nd Tank Battalion perform maintenance on two M-109 self-propelled howitzers during Exercise Cold Winter '83. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER '83 Country: Norway (NOR)

Soldiers in uniform leads to the stowed position the antiaircraf ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: Soldiers in uniform leads to the stowed position the antiaircraft guns on the Palace square on the background walking people Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568955

Kampffahrzeuge auf der slowenischen Landkarte. Militärisches Verteidigungskonzept für Slowenien, 3D-Rendering Combat vehicles on Slovenian map. Military defence of Slovenia concept, 3D rendering isolated on white background LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23204982

DN-ST-87-03459. Country: Unknown

Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces in Dresden, tanks on the outdoor grounds next to the main arsenal, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

DM-ST-88-08133. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

A view of a Soviet ZSU-23-4 SP anti-aircraft gun. Country: Unknown

000521-F-5697C-002. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base Country: Thailand (THA)

Kampffahrzeuge auf der libyschen Landkarte. Militärische Verteidigung von Libyen Konzept, 3D-Rendering Combat vehicles on Libyan map. Military defence of Libya concept, 3D rendering isolated on white background Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23114537

Imperial War Museum North, Trafford Wharf Road, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City. War Remnants Museum, former US Army helicopters

Destroyed military equipment of Russia

Tech Supply Men Unpack Fibre Auxiliary Fuel Tanks. They Are, Left To Right: Ssgt Robert G. Keich Of Tomaque, Pa.; Cpl Howard Middlemas Of Salt Lake City, Utah And Sgt Michael H. Moran Of Mckeesport, Pa. England.

BLACK CRAB (2022) -Original title: SVART KRABBA-, directed by ADAM BERG.

DF-SC-86-12052. Base: Griffiss Air Force Base State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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