Author: Jack Beckett

Jack Beckett has been editor since 2012. Huge fan of war history and rural history and a motorbike rider.

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9 Qualities of the T-34 – Yes it Does Have Some

Jack Beckett

The T-34 tank was the Red Army’s workhorse of armoured warfare during the Second World War and even made up the bulk of Soviet armoured…

The Mind Blowing Statistics of the T-34

Jack Beckett

In total, its estimated 84,000 T-34 tanks have been built. These astonishing numbers are second only to the T-54/55 tanks, of which an estimated 85,000…

What is Superior, the Rifled or Smoothbored Barrel

A hot point of discussion in the many debates on which current main battle tank is superior, is whether it uses a rifled or smoothbore…

The Sherman 75mm v Tiger 1 88mm

Two of the most discussed large calibre guns from World War Two are the Sherman tank’s 75 mm M3 gun, and the Tiger 1’s 88…

Tiger v Leopard

Jack Beckett

In 1940 and ‘41 German forces were struggling against tanks like the KV-1, T-34 and Matilda II. At this stage of the war, many German…

What is The Bulge in Modern Tank Barrels – Here is the Answer

Tanks are designed to carry offensive firepower on a highly mobile platform while keeping the personnel within protected from the environment, the elements and most…

Top 6 Most Produced Tanks

Usually tanks are ranked by how powerful their gun is, their mobility and the protection of their armour. This list however, is to rank the…

Cromwell v Challenger 2

Jack Beckett

British engineers had led the way in tank design in World War One, and have consistently built top class tanks. They brought the world the…

Sherman v Abrams

Since before World war two, the United States has always maintained a significant investment in armoured vehicles, even as many countries and armies began to…

9 Reasons Why Some Think the T-34 was a Poor Tank

Jack Beckett

The T-34 is regarded as one of, if not the best vehicle of the Second World War, and one of the most influential tank designs…

US Army Receives the First of the Upgraded M1 Abrams Tanks

The 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Greywolf Brigade) based at Fort Hood in Texas are the first…