Category Archives: armor

U.S. and Allied Tanks in Color

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A selection of Life’s best color photographs of Allied tanks and AFVs in World War II. Click any thumbnail for a high-resolution copy of the image on Google Images.   The crew of a U.S. M4 Sherman tank on top … Continue reading →

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Japanese Type 98 Halftrack

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following U.S. intelligence report on the Japanese Type 98 halftrack personnel carrier and prime mover was published in Enemy on Luzon: An Intelligence Summary: A Japanese combination personnel carrier and prime mover was recovered near Manila, Luzon. The vehicle … Continue reading →

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Japanese Type 1 Ho-Ki Armored Personnel Carrier

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Japanese produced a limited number of the innovative Type 1 Ho-Ki, fully-tracked armored personnel carriers. The Ho-Ki APC was developed in 1941, but full-scale production did not start until 1944. A limited number of Ho-Ki were deployed with Japanese reinforcements … Continue reading →

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Death of a Tiger Tank

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Interesting WWII newspaper correspondent’s report from Tunisia in April 1943: Death of Tiger Tank By Noland Norgaard With the British 8th Army Beyond Sousse, Tunisia—(Wednesday)—Delayed—(AP) The crew of a German Mark VI Tiger tank hastily set fire to the heavily … Continue reading →

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German Tank and Armored Car Sights

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Summary of major German panzer and armored car gunsights from TM-E 30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces, War Department, March 1945. [As with all U.S. wartime intelligence, the data may be inaccurate or incomplete. The source text has not been … Continue reading →

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Grille Self-Propelled Artillery

Posted on June 29, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Grille (“Cricket”) was a German self-propelled, heavy artillery vehicle armed with the 15 cm sIG 33 infantry gun in a fixed superstructure. The official German designation was 15 cm schweres Infanteriegeschütz 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) (Sd.Kfz. 138/1).  

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Marder II “Kohlenklau”

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The Marder II (SdKfz. 131) was an open-topped, lightly-armored German tank destroyer armed with a 7.5 cm Pak 40 antitank gun built on the obsolete Panzer II chassis. The Marder II shown in these photographs was nicknamed “Kohlenklau” (coal thief), … Continue reading →

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Misc. Comments on the Tigers of sPzAbt. 501 in Tunisia

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

sPzAbt. 501 received 20 Tigers—2 Tigers in September 1942, 8 Tigers in October, and 10 Tigers in November. The Tigers of the 501st were transferred to Tunisia between November 1942 and January 1943. Two Tigers served in the Stab [01 and 02], 9 Tigers … Continue reading →

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Tiger Grave at Beja [Updated]

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The kernel of the following map originated with discussions started on several Internet forums related to WWII German armor, especially the lengthy discussions in the Missing Lynx Axis WWII Discussion Group. Photos: P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 … Continue reading →

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