Opinion polls show that half of Germans do not want to send tanks. A Leopard 2 battle tank on a flatbed truck last year at a factory in Munich. Felix Schmitt for The New York Times. “German
7 – Siracourt V-1 bunker. The Siracourt V-1 bunker is a Second World War bunker built in 1943-44 by the forces of Nazi Germany at Siracourt, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Codenamed Wasserwerk St. Pol (Waterworks St. Pol), it was intended for use as a bomb-proof storage facility and
Long before German engineers lent their talents to the outrageous and very optimistic heavy tank designs of World War 2, they were already undertaking work on a super-heavy tank creation during World War 1. The war began in 1914 and technology concerning tanks, aircraft, machine guns and artillery soon raced to keep up with the constant changes. The tank was more than ten meters long, approximately 3.7 meters wide and 3.8 meters high. Weighing in at 188 tons (compared to the Leopard 2 A6 MBT that weighs 62 tons), the tank was powered by a 1080 hp engine. In service, the tank consumed 3,800 liters of diesel over a distance of 100 kilometers. Today, a trip would cost around 5,000 E. 13.2: MG 18 TuF German Empire: World War I 25: 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun France: World War II 25: 25 mm APX modèle 1937 France: World War II 25: Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun Japan: World War II 28 - 20: 2.8 cm sPzB 41 Nazi Germany: World War II 37: 3.7 cm TAK 1918 German Empire: World War I 37: AC 37 anti-tank gun France: World War II 37: 3.7 World War I / World War II 305: 12-inch coast defense mortar M1886, M1890, M1908, and M1912 United States: World War I / World War II 370: Mortier de 370 modèle 1914 Filloux France: World War I / World War II 420: 2B1 Oka Soviet Union: Cold War 540: Karl-Gerät 041 Nazi Germany: World War II 600: Karl-Gerät 040 Nazi Germany: World War II
