Our running replica of a First World War German A7V tank is built to represent 'Schnuck' - captured on this day in 1918. After capture, Schnuck was displayed at the Imperial War Museum until 1922, when it was scrapped. Only the gun has survived. Like later German tank designs, the A7V was far more mechanically sophisticated than British machines of the time. And just like some of those later designs, that sophistication would also prove to be what undermined it the most. Whilst 100 A7V’s were or

There have been more than four decades of the Leopard 2 battle tank🇩🇪. Encased in more than 60 tonnes of advanced armour, its 120-millimetre main gun has a range of around five kilometres. It has a reputation for pinpoint accuracy on the move, with a fully stabilised main gun. However, its speed is what makes it such a deadly weapon - few other tanks can reach 70 kilometres (43 miles) per hour. Read more on this story here 👉 https://www.forces.net/news/still-going-strong-leopard-2-tank-celebr