Stridsvagn m/42Stridsvagn m/42 (Strv m/42) was a Swedish medium tank in service in the World War II period. Known by its manufacturer AB Landsverk as Lago II-III-IV, it fielded a 75 mm L/31 gun, the first of its size in a Swedish tank. It entered service with the Swedish Army in April 1943. Modern in design and mobile, a total of 282 were produced. As a neutral nation in World War II, Sweden did not engage in combat; thus its tanks have no battlefield record.
Valiant (char)Le Valiant, ou plus précisément Tank, Infantry, Valiant (A38), est un prototype britannique de char d'infanterie de la Seconde Guerre mondiale basé sur le char Valentine. Un seul exemplaire a été construit. Le Valiant fut conçu comme une amélioration du char Valentine réutilisant le maximum d'éléments de l'original. Le projet, numéroté A38, était une suggestion de Vickers de 1943, mais le prototype (construit par Ruston & Hornsby) ne fut pas prêt avant la mi-1944 et le programme fut abandonné à l'approche de la fin de la guerre.
Musée des Blindés de Bovingtonvignette|Un Daimler Ferret aux couleurs des Nations unies. Le musée des Blindés de Bovington (en anglais The Tank Museum, anciennement The Bovington Tank Museum) est un musée militaire britannique situé dans le camp militaire de , comté du Dorset (sud-ouest de l'Angleterre), à environ au nord du village de Wool, et à à l'ouest du port de Poole. Créé en 1947, le musée présente une des plus importantes collections de véhicules blindés d'Europe, avec presque trois cents véhicules de vingt-six pays.
DD tankDD or Duplex Drive tanks, nicknamed "Donald Duck tanks", were a type of amphibious swimming tank developed by the British during the Second World War. The phrase is mostly used for the Duplex Drive variant of the M4 Sherman medium tank, that was used by the Western Allies during and after the Normandy Landings in June 1944. DD tanks worked by erecting a canvas 'flotation screen' around the tank, which enabled it to float in water. DD tanks would use propellers to move forward through water, then lower the flotation screens once they had reached land and fight as an ordinary tank.
Tanks in the Cold WarTank development both evolved considerably from World War II and played a key role during the Cold War (1945–1990). The period pitted the nations of the Eastern Bloc (organized under the Warsaw Pact in 1955) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO (since 1949) against each other. After World War II, tank design budgets were cut and engineering staff was often scattered. Many war planners believed that with the advent of nuclear weapons the tank was obsolete, given that a tactical nuclear weapon could destroy any brigade or regiment, whether it was armoured or not.
Tank classificationTank classification is a taxonomy of identifying either the intended role or weight class of tanks. The classification by role was used primarily during the developmental stage of the national armoured forces, and referred to the doctrinal and force structure utility of the tanks based on design emphasis. The weight classification is used in the same way truck classification is used, and is intended to accommodate logistic requirements of the tanks. Many classification systems have been used over a hundred years of tank history.
