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#OTD in 1944 the installation of DShK machine guns on IS-2, ISU-122, and ISU-152 SPGs was approved. This machine gun came in handy during street fighting, as the mount allowed it to be used to flush anti-tank teams out of ambushes. #Tanks #History #WW2 #WWII
October 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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A bombing raid delivered 140 tons of bombs to Sankt Valentin #OTD in 1944. One of the targets was the Nibelungenwerk tank factory. The damage was so severe that production of the Jagdtiger had to be paused until the spring of 1945. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
October 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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A manual on fighting Tiger tanks was published #OTD in 1943. In addition to the tank's weak points, it described tactics used by Tiger units and instructed commanders to continue firing at disabled tanks until their total destruction in order to prevent recovery. #tanks #history #WWII #WW2
Manual showing how to destroy a Tiger tank
July 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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The EKV tank with an electric transmission was ordered #OTD in 1943. The tank remained a prototype, but experience in building it was later used to build the IS-6. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
EKV - A KV-1S tank with an electric transmission
July 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Production of the ZIS-30 tank destroyer was approved #OTD in 1941. Commanders liked the high power and long range of its 57 mm ZIS-2 gun, but only 100 were built due to a shortage of T-20 artillery tractors used for the chassis. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
ZIS-30 tank destroyer in factory camouflage
July 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Maus tanks got their serial numbers #OTD in 1943. Five pilot tanks were numbered from 351451 to 351455, but only one was ever fully assembled. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
maus tank hull at the factory
July 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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#OTD in 1944 a Canadian intelligence summary described improvised anti-Panzerfaust armour used in the field. A layer of sandbags over the main armour covered with sheet metal was the most effective, but a wide variety of other methods were also used. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Sherman tank with sandbag armour
July 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Real Votann hours, super happy with this guy, 95% done!!
#warhammer #warhammer40k
#Votann #Leaguesofvotann #warhammercommunity
July 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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The ISU-122BM (high power) tank destroyer was delivered for trials #OTD in 1944. It was designed to fight German superheavy tanks and with a muzzle velocity of 1000 m/s it was powerful enough to fight the Maus if one ever showed up on the battlefield. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
ISU-122 with a 122 mm BL-9 gun
July 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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#OTD in 1944 Hitler cancelled all superheavy tank projects and development of all special vehicles on their chassis. The wonder weapons that some still believe could have won the war for Germany were killed off in their infancy. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Captured Maus tank on a flat bed car
July 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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The Heavy Tank T29 was envisioned to fight King Tigers, but was not even close to finished when the war was already over. 1200 tanks were ordered, but the order was reduced to just 10 pilots and #OTD in 1947 reduced further to 8. #tanks #history
July 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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The 6th Guards Cavalry Division captured several intact Panther tanks in July of 1944. #OTD in 1944 three crews finished their training on the tanks and joined the division's tank regiment. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Captured Panther tanks in the Red Army
July 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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The Battle of Kursk was one of the first battles where the Red Army made use of Sherman tanks. #OTD in 1943 the 229th Independent Tank Regiment was deployed to support the 74th Rifle Division in the eastern part of the northern sector. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Sherman tank used by the Red Army
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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The RPG-40 anti-tank grenade was accepted into service #OTD in 1941. The grenade carried 760 grams of TNT, enough to breach up to 25 mm of armour and destroy a light tank. Heavier tanks could still be stopped by throwing the grenade at the tracks. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Demonstration of an RPG-40 anti-tank grenade
July 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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#OTD in 1941 Stalin signed an order to begin mass production of bottles filled with incendiary liquid. The fluid either burst into flames upon contact with air or from a match that was ignited before throwing. This was a cheap and powerful anti-tank weapon. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Soviet tank destroyer troops training to throw Molotov Cocktails
July 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The Skink AA tank was originally built with belt fed Hispano-Suiza guns, but switched to the cheaper magazine fed Polsten. Attempts were made to develop a satisfactory belt feed, but abandoned #OTD in 1944. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Skink AA tank
July 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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14.5 mm PTRD and PTRS rifles put into production later that year turned out to be greatly superior to the 7.92 mm Pz.B.39 and other anti-tank rifles of the period and remained in service until the end of the war. #guns #history #WW2 #WWII
PTRD anti-tank rifle teams in training
July 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Trials of the Object 740 amphibious tank began #OTD in 1950. Rather than a propeller, this tank used two water jets for propulsion. In 1952 the Object 740 was accepted into service as the PT-76. #tanks #history #ColdWar
July 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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The Ferdinand tank destroyers first went into battle #OTD in 1943. Despite having an unit of demolition vehicles attached for clearing minefields, the Ferdinands were used as a battering ram and took heavy losses before even reaching Soviet guns. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Knocked out Ferdinands at Kursk
July 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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#OTD in 1939 the Polish army accepted a shipment of French tanks and ammunition. Because the delivery was so close to the German invasion, Polish tankers didn't have time to study their new tanks. Most crews fled to Romania and abandoned their tanks there. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Captured Polish Renault tanks in Romania
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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The Sturmgeschütz auf Pz.Kpfw.IV Fahrgestell was shown to Hitler for approval #OTD in 1944. This variant was larger than the Panzer IV/70 (V) and overloaded the chassis, but this was the only option to produce the required number of tank destroyers #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Panzer IV/70 (A)
July 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Preliminary conclusions on the second generation T-44 trials were composed #OTD in 1944. The tank was very promising and was ordered into production later that month, albeit with a laundry list of desired improvements. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
T-44 prototype during mobility trials in heavy mud.
July 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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#OTD in 1942 Tank Army Africa was informed that they will receive 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) SPGs. This was a combination of an obsolete howitzer and an obsolete chassis to make a marginally useful combat vehicle. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Combination of an obsolete German howitzer and a captured Lorraine tractor chassis
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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The Krokodil tank destroyer is a fantasy design often passed off as real. Real blueprints for installation of the 15 cm StuK L/68 gun on the E-100 chassis finished #OTD in 1944 very clearly show that if built, it would have looked radically different. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
Jagdpanzer E-100 "Krokodil" model. This is a work of fiction. The only remaining real blueprint showing the installation of a gun in a potential SPG on the E-100 chassis.
July 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The Battle of Kursk began #OTD in 1943. This was one of the largest and best known battles in WW2, which many consider a turning point that showed once and for all that the Germans would never again be able to reclaim initiative on the Eastern Front. #tanks #history #WW2 #WWII
T-34 tanks and infantry attacking at the Battle of Kursk
July 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM