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A tankette is a type of small armoured fighting vehicle resembling a tank, intended for infantry support or reconnaissance. Tankettes were designed and built by several nations between about 1930 and 1935, and saw some combat in the Second World War. With http://pl. ...
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Alternate use: abbreviation of taijin kyofusho symptoms General characteristics Length: 2. ...
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The Wiesel AWC is a German light air-transportable armoured fighting vehicle, more specifically a lightly-armoured weapons carrier. ...
The German Army (German: Heer, [IPA: heÉ] ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ...
Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ...
Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ...
Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...
Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
Most tankettes were manned by a crew of two, although one-man prototypes existed. They usually had no turret (and together with the tracked mobility, this is often seen as defining for the concept), or just a very simple one that was traversed by hand. They tended to be armed with one or two machine guns, or rarely with a 20mm gun or grenade launcher. Turret (highlighted) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, such as a medieval castle or baronial house. ...
A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...
A gun is a common name given to an object that fires high-velocity projectiles. ...
The British Carden-Loyd Mk.IV Tankette was considered the classic design, with many others modelled after it. The French Armoured Reconnaissance type of the 1930s (Automitrailleuses de Reconnaissance - 'Machine-gun scout') was essentially a tankette in form, but specifically intended for scouting ahead of the main force. Japan meanwhile became one of the most prolific users of tankettes, producing a number of designs useful for jungle warfare. General characteristics Length 2. ...
Jungle warfare is a term used to cover the special techniques needed for military units to survive and fight in jungle terrain. ...
The concept was later abandoned due to limited usefulness and vulnerability to antitank weapons, and the role of tankettes was largely taken over by armoured cars. However, the 1990s saw the renaissance of the concept with the Wiesel of the German Bundeswehr being introduced to provide airborne troops with some armoured (scouting) capability,[1] though the term 'tankette' is not normally used (they are considered 'armoured weapon carriers' in the Bundeswehr). Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ...
The Wiesel AWC is a German light air-transportable armoured fighting vehicle, more specifically a lightly-armoured weapons carrier. ...
The Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defence Force; ) is the armed forces of Germany. ...
The Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defence Force; ) is the armed forces of Germany. ...
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The Carden-Loyd tankettes were a series of British pre-war tankettes. ...
The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as...
The L3/35 was an Italian tankette that was developed along the lines of the British Carden-Loyd Mark VI and first appeared as the CV 29 (CV stod for Carro Veloce, fast tank) later built as the CV33 in 1933, but was retrofitted as the CV35 in 1935 and...
The Type 94 Te-Ke was a Japanese tankette which entered service in 1935. ...
The TK (TK-3) and TKS were the Polish tankettes of the Second World War. ...
Alternate use: abbreviation of taijin kyofusho symptoms General characteristics Length: 2. ...
Soviet redirects here. ...
The T-27 was a tankette developed in the 1930s by the Soviet Union. ...
The Wiesel AWC is a German light air-transportable armoured fighting vehicle, more specifically a lightly-armoured weapons carrier. ...
See also Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ...
It has been suggested that Mechanized warfare be merged into this article or section. ...
A Warrior vehicle with UN markings, during the making of the eponymous film. ...
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References - ^ Wiesel 1 (from the Rheinmetall website)
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