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The Anti-Aircraft Gun That Became a Tank Killer

When the German army first met the Soviet T-34, their standard anti-tank guns were useless. In a moment of desperate inspiration, a crew turned their 88mm anti-aircraft gun—designed to hit high-flying ...
In the summer of 1941, the German Wehrmacht was the most feared fighting force in the world, confident its panzers were unbeatable. That confidence evaporated the first time a Soviet T-34 rolled onto ...
The Second World War is an important period in human history for a litany of reasons. Among them is the rate of invention and innovation by those on all sides of the globe-spanning conflict. The ...
Summary: During World War II, the Allied forces, leveraging their industrial capabilities, produced tens of thousands of medium tanks such as the Sherman, T-34, and Cromwell. Despite being outclassed ...