Armoured Gallery

German Armoured Vehicles; Second World War, 1944

Illustration showing a selection of German armoured vehicles used during the Battle for Normandy in 1944. The vehicles shown include Panther and Tiger tanks (left foreground), two assault guns (one a Wasp'), Elephant and Hornet tank destroyers, several anti-aircraft vehicles, an armoured ambulance and two remote controlled explosive tanks (a B4 and a Beetle'). Note that these vehicles were only the ones that the Allies knew about and let information be published about, at the time

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British Army Mastiff Armoured Vehicle

A British Army Mastiff armoured vehicle on Salisbury Plain during Exercise Wessex Storm.
The British Army was testing, evaluating and developing the techniques used in deploying mechanised infantry for future use on operations anywhere in the world.
Mastiff is a heavily armoured, 6 x six-wheel-drive patrol vehicle which carries eight troops, plus two crew. It is currently on its third variation.
It is suitable for road patrols and convoys and is the newest in a range of protected patrol vehicles being used for operations.
Mastiff has a maximum speed of 90kph, is armed with the latest weapon systems, including a 7.62mm general purpose machine gun, 12.7mm heavy machine gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
These wheeled patrol vehicles have a less intimidating profile than tracked vehicles and give commanders on the ground in Afghanistan more options to deal with the threats they are facing.
They have Bowman radios and electronic countermeasures and are fitted with additional armour beyond the standard level to ensure they have the best possible protection

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HMS Shannon

HMS Shannon, view of the armoured cruiser, taken from the fighting top, shows the deck and some of the chief guns. Built in Chatham Dockyard, England, fro the Royal Navy in the mid-1900s. Before the First World War, she served with the Home Fleet, generally as the flagship of a cruiser squadron. The ship remained with the Grand Fleet, as the Home Fleet was renamed when the war began, for the entire war, but only participated in a single battle, the Battle of Jutland in May 1916. Shannon spent most of the war unsuccessfully patrolling the North Sea for German warships. Date: 1912

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