tank Archives - Mechtraveller https://mechtraveller.com/tag/tank/ Mechanically-minded travel Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:50:47 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum https://mechtraveller.com/2025/01/cambrai-tank-1917-museum/ https://mechtraveller.com/2025/01/cambrai-tank-1917-museum/#respond Sun, 19 Jan 2025 17:02:55 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=11388 The Cambrai Tank 1917 Museum is built around the remains of Deborah, a British WW1 tank that took part in a major armoured attack on German lines in November 1917. Battle of Cambrai The town of Cambrai in the Nord department of France, north of Paris and 36 kilometres east of Arras, fell under German […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2025/01/cambrai-tank-1917-museum/feed/ 0 Vimoutiers Tiger Tank https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/vimoutiers-tiger-tank/ https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/vimoutiers-tiger-tank/#respond Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:38:38 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=7014 The Tiger Tank parked by the side of the road down into Vimoutiers in the Orne dept of Normandy is a well known historic monument left over from WW2. “Wait! You dragged us 20 kilometres off our route to see THIS?” said my partner. “Yes, obvs!” She had a point. These days Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger […]

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]]> https://mechtraveller.com/2021/09/vimoutiers-tiger-tank/feed/ 0 Italian M15/42 Tank https://mechtraveller.com/2019/03/italian-m15-42-tank/ https://mechtraveller.com/2019/03/italian-m15-42-tank/#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:06:45 +0000 https://mechtraveller.com/?p=4219 By the time the Carro Armato M15/42 ยน came into service in 1943, the scenario it had been designed for – fast moving desert warfare in North Africa – was over, and by October that year Italy had switched sides in the war. Just as well really. Although its 47 mm/L40 main gun was sound, […]

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