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Military Tanks and Equipment

Historic and operational military tanks, including Churchill and T-72 tanks, highlighting their roles in various conflicts and training exercises.

M-14 Rifle M60 Tank

Tank exposed outside the Military Museum. German tank. Belgrade, Serbia.

Tanks and Troop Transports on Dirt Road.

A Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) soldier uses tree limbs to camouflage his K-1 tank at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2 1998 between a ROKA armored brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Merkava IV main battle tank with trophy defense system.

3D rendering of a battle tank, armored world war 2 military vehicle large canon turret isolated in studio background. 3D rendering of a battle tank world war 2, military WW2 vehicle isolated in studio background. Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 18243305

A view of a Soviet-made KS-19 100mm anti-aircraft gun deployed at the base's Combat Town during the joint services exercise Solid Shield '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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.

Destroyed military equipment of Russia

SPz MARDER infantry fighting vehicle, Bundeswehr Day, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

City Cesis, Latvian republic. Tanks on the street. Memorial event, 100 years after the battle. 22.06.2019.

A soldier mans the M2 .50-caliber machine gun in the commander's hatch of an M1A1 Abrams main battle tank. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A close-up view of a 12.7mm machine gun mounted on a T-55 main battle tank belonging to the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) Army. (Duplicate image, see also DD-SD-01-05147 or search 980110-F-7866P-514). Base: Glamoc Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Russian T-54 and T-55 main battle tanks rest in an armor junkyard in Kunduz, Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Georgia Army National Guardsmen with the Savannah-based Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 118th Artillery Regiment, 48th Infantry Combat Team fire an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer during a direct fire exercise for Exportable Combat Training Capabilities (XCTC) at Fort Stewart, Georgia, June 20, 2022. XCTC is the U.S. Army National Guard's program of record that enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win battles throughout the world. The XCTC exercise will include approximately 4,400 brigade personnel from throughout Georgia.

View of Marine M-60A1 tanks on railroad flatcars prior to being offloaded and placed aboard ships, in support of the possible rapid deployment of a 12,000-troop Marine amphibious brigade operation. Marines of the 2nd Force Service Support Group are performing the work. Base: Port Authority, Wilmington State: North Carolina (NC) 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.

Anefo photo collection. Military parade at Ede for Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. May 5, 1960. Ede, Gelderland

Right front view, on display, Soviet T-80 Main Battle Tank. Country: Unknown

Warld War II - German tank Tiger - Panzerkampfwagen VI

Marines of the Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Bn., 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Div., Fleet Marine Force (FMF), conduct a live fire exercise with M-60A1 tanks at the Zambolies Training Area. Country: Philippines (PHL)

Gepard 1 A2 anti-aircraft gun tank, military vehicle, Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces, Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Soldiers from A Company, 40th Engineers, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany, check out a Russian BTR 80, Commanded by LT Aleksei Terebov, Military Police Platoon Leader, 1ST Battalion, Airborne Brigade, 76th Airborne Division before a joint patrol with 3rd Platoon, B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1ST Armored Division, from Baumholder, Germany during Operation Joint Endeavor. Soldiers from A Company, 40th Engineers, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Baumholder, Germany, check out a Russian BTR 80, Commanded by LT Aleksei Terebov, Military Police Platoon Leader, 1st Battalion, Airborne Brigade, 76th Airborne Division before a joint patrol with 3rd Platoon, B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, from Baumholder, Germany during Operation Joint Endeavor.

DN-ST-87-02902. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WEDDING '86 Country: Norway (NOR)

Battalion Landing Team (BLT), Bravo Company 1/5, prep their Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV) before taking off to the range where they will fire at designated targets in the Shoalwater Training Area, Queensland, Australia in support of exercise Crocodile '99. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 Base: Shoalwater Bay Training Area State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

Close-up 3/4 left front view of a M-578 armored recovery vehicle on deployment. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Wonju Country: Korea

England, Yorkshire, Malton, Eden Camp Military Museum

Soldiers set up an M-551 Sheridan light tank that has been air-dropped as part of the joint service exercise Ocean Venture '90. Subject Operation/Series: Ocean Venture '90 State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Old tank in the forest with sunbeams shining through the trees, M47 Patton, Lost Place, Brander Wald, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

France, Picardy, Oise, Compiegne, Clairiere del Armistice, site of the signing of the WWI armistice, 1918, French Renault FT17 tank.

Sgt. Sean Dunbar, a fire support observer assigned to Headquarters Headquarters Battery, 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, gives directions to his crew to observe artillery fire impact at Fort Bliss, Texas, May 11, 2022. The 4-27 FA conducted fire support Table XV as part of their training certification process. Fire support Table XV tests a units ability to provide accurate and precise artillery support while mirroring the stress of real-world combat scenarios. Conducting certification lets commanders asses the proficiency and readiness of their units.

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.

Old tank with gun tower and chain damage of old tanks with gun tower and chain damage

Scale model of Great britain tank

A front view of a Bosnian Army T54/55 Main Battle Tank (MBT) being escort down the road by a US Army M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and a convoy of High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV) near the town of Brcko, Bosnia. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Brcko Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean takes his turn driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. STS-115 Mission Specialist Steven MacLean takes his turn driving the M-113 armored personnel carrier. Passengers on the carrier are Mission Specialists Daniel Burbank and Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper, Pilot Christopher Ferguson and Capt. George Hoggard, who is astronaut rescue team leader. MacLean represents the Canadian Space Agency. The STS-115 crew are at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities such as the M-113 training. They will also practice emergency egress from the launch pad and take part in a simulated launch countdown. Liftoff of mission STS-115 aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled in a window beginning Aug. 27.

Artillerymen prepare to load an M114A1 155 mm howitzer during a live-fire exercise. Country: Unknown

Two vehicles DAF YP 408 PWI-S-GR during an exercise in the Netherlands. (See traffic sign). Note that some license plates / symbols on the front of the first vehicle are made unrecognizable.

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.

An M-1 Abrams main battle tank assigned to the 1ST Plt., Troop E, 2nd Bn., 6th Cav., lays down a smoke screen while on maneuvers at the U.S. Army Armor Center. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

destroyed battle tank in a city lost during the war in Ukraine destroyed battle tank on a city street lost during the war in Ukraine Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 21915826

An Assault Amphibian Vehicle (AAV7A1) from the CLNCs 2nd AAV Battalion moves along a Wilderness Road. Base: Fort A. P. Hill State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Extended-range anti-armor munition (ERAM) self-forging fragment of a warhead after impact on an M-48 full-tracked combat tank target during a validation demonstration test. Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scale model of russian tank

View of imposing military vehicles stand silent on a cold, wet ground, metal gleaming dully under the overcast sky, Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine.

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.

Two LAV25 light armored vehicles (LAVs) of Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, make their way down a road during a route reconnaissance patrol west of Howard Air Force Base. Country: Panama (PAN)

Right front view of a Soviet T-55 medium tank in Peru. "Soviet Military Power," 1983, Page 90. Country: Unknown

Flamethrowers in Action, August 1944 A Churchill tank fitted with a Crocodile flamethrower in action. This flamethrower could produce a jet of flame exceeding 150 yards in length.

Soldiers from Headquarters Co., 4th Bn., 64th Armor, 24th Inf. Div. (Mechanized) use the cargo-handling crane at the rear of an M-977 heavy expanded mobility tactical truck (HEMTT) to unload pallets of ammunition for the M-1 Abrams main battle tanks of 1ST Battalion, 64th Armor, as they prepare to deploy to Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia(GA) Country: United States Of America(USA)

destroyed battle tank in a city lost during the war in Ukraine destroyed battle tank on a city street lost during the war in Ukraine Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 21915792

Havana, Cuba Revolution Museum. Tank from wars in front of museum

Scale model of Great britain tank

Camouflage netting covers a cargo truck at a newly constructed MIM-104 Patriot tactical air defense system site during Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

A U.S. Army M109 Paladin howitzer assigned to Alpha Battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, stands at the artillery range of Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, July 23, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward deployed corps in Europe.

A Phalanx close-in weapons system (CIWS) displaying its ammunition belt of 20mm rounds stands on the Mall as part of a static display of aircraft, armor and weaponry. The display is part of 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)

DA-ST-85-13072. Country: Unknown

The tires of an Iraqi BRDM-2 amphibious scout car continue to burn as an FV-432 armored personnel carrier 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)

Memorial Site and the Armored Corps Museum in Latrun, Israel, Instagram Effect

Combat vehicles on the map of Singapore. Military defense of Singapore Concept, 3D-rendering combat vehicles on the map of Singapore. Military Defense of Singapore Concept, 3D Rendering

Kampffahrzeuge auf der Karte der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Militärische Verteidigung der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate Konzept, 3D-Rendering Combat vehicles on the UAE map. Military defence of the United Arab Emirates concept, 3D rendering isolated on white background LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/alexlmxx 23183166

Vietnam,Hanoi,Military History Museum,T.54B Tank no.843

The French light tank Renault FT 17, first World War One armoured tank with a fully rotating turret, Compiegne, France, Europe

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.

DN-ST-90-02138. Base: Canal Zone Country: Panama (PAN)

An M-88 armored recovery vehicle is used to push a damaged truck through a water-filled ditch. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tank, army and helicopter with fire explosion for combat, military and conflict for fight in city. Warrior, apocalypse and airforce with bombs for armed forces, defense and warfare in battlefield

U.S. World War II M4 Sherman tank on static display during the Chièvres Air Fest, Chièvres, Belgium, June 25, 2022.

4.5-inch Multiple Rocket Launcher T34 Mounted on Medium Tank, Central Europe Campaign, Western Allied Invasion of Germany, 1945

A man sits on the hood of the Soviet small amphibious tank T-38 ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - AUGUST 08, 2017: A man sits on the hood of the Soviet small amphibious tank T-38 at the Palace square Copyright: xZoonar.com/MaximxMitsun:xmaxim-mmail.rux 11568942

Scale model of russian tank

Europe, Poland, Lubusz Voivodeship, Fortified Front Oder-Warthe-Bogen (Festungsfront Oder-Warthe-Bogen) / Miedzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony

City of Kiev, tanks on the grounds of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, a memorial site in the Pechersk district of Kiev, Ukraine, Europe

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.

Marines with India Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to receive a fire mission during MEU Exercise 14 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 20, 2014. The purpose of MEUEX is to train the different elements of the 15th MEU to work together to complete a wide variety of missions.

An Egyptian OT-62B armored personnel carrier comes ashore from utility landing craft 1644 (LCU-1644) during an amphibious assault in support of the multinational joint service Exercise Bright Star '85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '85 Base: Alexandria Country: Egypt (EGY)

A Polish Army TABC-70 Armoured (Armored) Personnel Carrier (APC), with one crewmember standing up through the starboard hatch, is stopped on a dirt road beside two Bosnian civilians standing on the roadside. This Polish Army APC is part of the Nordic Polish Brigade (NPBDE), Multinational Division North (MND-N) Task Force Eagle, taking part in 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 ENDEAVOR Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Ouvrage Four-a-Chaux, French Maginot Line, Lembach, Departement Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, Europe

Middle East, Israel, Golan Heights, old rusting tank in memorial to soldiers who died.

M109 Self-Propelled Howitzers are loaded at the railhead by Alpha Company, 2/3rd Division, Field Artillery, Butzbach, Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Butzbach Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

3D rendering of a battle tank, armored world war 2 military vehicle large canon turret isolated in studio background. 3D rendering of a battle tank world war 2, military WW2 vehicle isolated in studio background. Copyright: xZoonar.com/HugoxKurkx 18239320

An American Landing Vehicle Tracked (Armored)(Mark 1), LVT(A)-1, that was left after the Battle of Peleliu during World War Two on the island of Peleliu. Photograph taken as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan. Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Peleliu Country: United States Of America (USA)

A 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)

U. S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft fly over a Soviet T-62A tank. Country: Unknown

RUSSIA - 2010: shows IS-2 heavy 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 IS-2 heavy 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 6051549

A policeman stands ready to check a visitor's identification as a V-100 Commando armored vehicle patrols in the background. The measures are being taken in an effort to strengthen base security following the outbreak of Operation Desert Storm hostilities between the Allied Forces and Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DEU, Germany: The historical slides from the times 80-90s events and persons from politics, culture, working life, medicine a.o. Lueneburger Heide. BW Manoeuvre 80s.Bundeswehr

Closeup of military tanks with camouflage paint on display in public park in Nonsan, South Korea, Asia

Aerial photo of Polish Leopard tanks being transported on train tracks.

Military off -road vehicle in the field of military off -road vehicles in the Copyright field: xzoonar.com/DR.XNORBERBERTXLANGEX 14389909

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.

Before beginning training on the M-113 armored carrier they are sitting on, the STS-100 crew pauses for a group photo. Seen, from left, are Mission Specialists Chris A. Hadfield, Yuri V. Lonchakov, John L. Phillips, and Scott E. Parazynski; Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby; Mission Specialist Umberto guidoni; and Commander Kent V. Rominger. They are taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency escape training, payload walkdown and a simulated launch countdown. The primary payload on mission STS-100 comprises the Canadian robotic arm, SSRMS, and Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Raffaello. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 is targeted for April 19 at 2:41 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A

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