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Explore the military vehicles that changed the course of land battles throughout world history. Can you name the armored tanks that we provide in photos? We invite you to strengthen your knowledge of mobile military might!
Military tanks are the beasts of land battles, but they have humble beginnings. During World War I, countries first witnessed the combat potential of these land rovers. But they were real clunkers back then. The more equipment and artillery the tanks carried, the harder they were to transport and maneuver. During World War I and World War II, countries produced numerous tank variants in response to the immediate needs of troops on the ground. The major war players developed a bit of tank-envy and unabashedly borrowed specifications from the models produced by other countries. Germany, Russia and France developed war machines that stunned the imagination and frequently destroyed other tanks. Famed armored carriers include the Russian T-34, the French Renault FT 17 and the German Jagdpanther.Â
The end of the Cold War triggered the beginning of the highly technological armored vehicles of today. Modern tanks are faster, better protected and more equipped than they ever were. In particular, the weaponry that these machines carry is space-age level. Tank cannons can blast a dozen rounds of projectiles per minute.
Roll onward and blast off your correct tank IDs for this military quiz challenge!
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Can you ID this combat vehicle that weighs approximately 28 tons?
T-62
Panzer IV
During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israeli forces captured a Panzer or Panzerkampfwagen. Israel re-purposed the armored vehicle to train its soldiers before moving it to the Israeli Armor Museum.
AMX-13
T-80
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Military experts have said this tank design inspired post-World War II tanks in Great Britain, Germany and America. What is it?
T-34
The celebrated T-34 Russian tank was called the best tank of the Second World War. Mikhail Koshkin headed the design team of the T-34 at factory No. 184, the Malyshev Factory.
Type-59
T-54
M-84A4 Sniper
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The Hollywood film "Fury" featured a German ________ armored vehicle?
AMX-13
Ramses II
M1A1 Abrams
Tiger
Before ending up at the Tank Museum at Bovington in Britain, the German Tiger 131 roamed the deserts of North Africa. In 1943, British soldiers captured the tank from Nazi General Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps.
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Try to quickly choose the armed carrier that matches the photo?
Leopard 2A6 HEL
K2 Black Panther
Korea has manufactured the K2 for its South Korean Army since 2013 and has put the vehicle into action since 2014. 206 K2 tanks, which supplement the country's K1 tank fleet, have been sent to the frontline.
M48A5 MOLF
T-72M1
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Pick the tank shown that was designed to fill a void of armor support?
Arjun MBT
Chieftain MK3
Sturmgeschutz III
Nicknamed StuG III, the Sturmgeschiitz III carried a four-person crew; it weighed 22 tons but was no taller than the average height of an adult human. The StuG III reached a speed of roughly 25 miles per hour.
Merkava Mk. 1
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Germans mocked this tank with the name "Ronson," after the cigarette lighter. Do you remember this battle contraption?
Magach 7
Ariete
M4 Sherman
Germans ridiculed the M4 Sherman for its tendency to ignite and explode when struck. The United States manufactured an excess of 50,000 M4 Sherman vehicles. The M4A3 was derived from the M4 Sherman.
Challenger 1
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Are you confident that you know this tank?
Khaled
IS-2
The initials in the tank's name stand for "Iosef Staln." The IS-2 was equipped with a 122-millimeter A-19 corps field weapon. Production of the IS-2 tank ceased in 1945; by then, 4,392 tanks had been used in combat.
M60A3
Vickers Mk 3
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There were 2,500 of this vehicle made, but only a half-dozen still exist. Name the vehicle?
M18 Hellcat
The M18 Hellcat is a tank destroyer. During World War II, U.S. tank crews sought to destroy German Panzer tank crews with the aid of the M18 Hellcat. The film "Saints and Soldiers" featured an M18 Hellcat tank.
Chonma-ho
M48A3K
T-80U
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It was almost indestructible. Guess the label?
Tiger II
During combat, Germany often fell short of adequately supplying its Tiger II tanks with ammunition and fuel. So indestructible was the Tiger II that the tank could withstand point blank-range artillery assault.
K1A1
M-84D
T-72
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The ________ was built to deflect gases?
Leopard 1
PT-91M
T-34
M26 Pershing
The medium tank M26 Pershing weighed 46 tons and came into production toward the end of World War II. The M26 Pershing's heavy weight and wide width made it the ideal armored vehicle for traversing icy, mountainous terrain.
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Do you see this tank's name among the options? The vehicle was based on the M26 Pershing.
T-64BV
M46 Patton
Other than a higher-charged engine and wider tracks, the M46 Patton tank was basically the same as the M26 Pershing vehicle. The United States achieved the M46 Patton by converting the M26 Pershing.
MBT-2000
AMX-30
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Designers of the model in the image made it to combat heavy Soviet IS tanks. What name do you give it?
T-90A
T-43
The United States developed the T43 for reinforcement purposes during offensive battle campaigns. Categorized as the M103, the T43 weighed 62 tons and reached a maximum speed of 29.9 mph.
SK-105 Kurassier
Patagon
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It was called the "Walker Bulldog." Try to figure out the rest of the title?
Type 69
EE-T1 Osorio
M41
The United States named the tank "M41 Walker Bulldog" to memorialize a soldier, Lieutenant General Walton Walker, who was killed in an auto accident in Korea. The M41 was made as a light tank.
AMX-30G
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During the Korean conflict, active Company A's were assigned the _______ tanks?
M24 Chaffee
The M24 Chaffee was the tank assigned to 71st, 77th, 78th and 79th U.S. Tank Battalions in response to North Korea's invasion of South Korea on Sunday, June 25, 1950. The lightweight M24 Chafee was selected in anticipation of the area's fragile infrastructure.
T-55E
Leclerc
Arjun MBT
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This war vehicle has an 80-mile range. Can you identify it?
Zulfiqar MBT
Magach 7
Tariq
M47 Patton
The United States Army outfitted the M46 Patton chassis with an upgraded fire-control system and a 90-millimeter weapon to produce the M47 Patton. The new tank model accommodated a crew of five and could reach an acceleration of 37 mph.
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Select the first entirely new U.S. armored vehicle manufactured since the Second World War?
Challenger 1
M48A3K
PT-91M
M48 Patton
U.S. Army staff began making the M48 during the summer of 1952. The armored vehicle was engineered with broader tracks than earlier vehicles and weighed 49 tons. The tank could endure a range of 134 miles.
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Do you know the name of this tank, which was made in response to formidable anti-tank weaponry of the Spanish Civil War?
Al-Khalid
M2A4
With the M2A4, United States Army engineers focused more on equipping tanks with anti-tank artillery. The M2A4 was a 12-ton model that answered the call, as it included a higher-powered 37-millimeter field weapon.
MBT-2000
Leopard 2A6
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There were 10 American versions of this tank made at the end of World War I. Try to guess this original?
Challenger 2
Type 85-IIAP
French Renault FT 17
America's War Department replicated the French Renault FT 17, which was a light tank. As they were deficient in tank-making experience during World War I, the Americans ran into a series of issues building the tank replicas.
PT-91
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Determine the armored vehicle equipped with a 37-mm cannon?
M3A1
The U.S. Army discovered a U.S. M3A1 tank in Haiti in 1994. Military historians deduced that a European entity had the combat vehicle refurbished by Ferrari Motor Company in Italy before sending it to Haiti's defense department.
T-14 Armata
Centurion
Olifant 1A
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The British were the first to use the Stuart light tank in World War II before the U.S. joined the war. Pick the Stuart variant?
Leopard 2A6E
Leopard Pz 87
BM Oplot
M3A3
Along with the M3A1 and the M5, the M3A3 was called the "General Stuart," a reference to J.E.B Stuart who was a Confederate military leader. The M3A3 was an improvement of the M3A1 tank model but instead featured sloping armor.
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Name the 1944 ________ tank that was difficult to maneuver?
VT-4
M5
The M24 improved upon the defects of the M5 light tank. The M5 upgraded the M3 model with a Continental aircraft engine and an increase in armor by 51 millimeters. However, notable M5 defects included a poor cooling system and lacking turret space.
Altay
M60T
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Bernard Montgomery used this machine effectively in the desert. Which tank did he use?
T-72
T-64
AMX-30S
M3A5
The hull of the M3A5 hung low, and the tank was furnished with a rotating turret, as well as a cannon that the British dubbed "General Grant." British Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery used the M3A5 to dominate Erwin Rommel's forces as early as the North Africa Battle of Gazala in June 1942.
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ID the armored carrier that was too heavy for air-dropping?
M60A1
Leopard 2A4NO
T-72
The Russian-built T-72 was first manufactured in 1974. The early version of the T-72 series could not withstand today's anti-tank artillery. Additionally, the first T-72s included weak engines and poor fire control systems.
Challenger 2
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How well do you know the battle vehicle that was based on the T-55 and used elements of the T-64 tank?
BMPT-55
The low-cost BMPT-55 includes the 5TDF Ukraine engine borrowed from the T-64 tank. Kharkiv AERP is responsible for conceptualizing the T-55 upgrade. The newer model was also engineered to feature rear, side and front armored plates.
Al-Zarrar
M4 Sherman
M48A5 Patton
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Select the battle contraption shown here that requires a well-trained crew?
T-14 Armata
M1A2
T-64
Kharkiv, Ukraine's military engineering outfit designed the T-64 in the 1960s. The first model's production ran from 1967 to 1987. The armored vehicle is used primarily by the Ukranian Army.
Leopard 2SG
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Ukraine upgraded the ________ with a new weapon station?
BTR-70
The stock BTR-70 model is outfitted with a one-gunner operational turret that weighs over 1,400 pounds. Ukranian specialists improved the base model with a 30-millimeter 2A72 cannon, which is externally mounted.
T-90A
SK-105 Kurassier
Patagon
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What name includes the word that means "baiter" in German?
EE-T1 Osorio
Main Battle Tank 3000
Hetzer
The Hetzer stalls past acceleration of 28 mph. Designated as a tank destroyer, the Jagdpanzer Hetzer weighs 17 tons and carries a tank-demolishing 75-millimeter field gun.
M-95 Degman
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This tank boasts a power-to-weight-ratio of 12.7 horsepower per ton. Do you know it?
T-62
Leopard 1
Leclerc
Panzer 38(t)
With the Seventh Panzer Division and 99 Panzer 38(t)s, Major General Erwin Rommel invaded France on May 10, 1940. The vehicles were not of German origin. Russian refugee Alexej Surin devised the vehicle's concept. The "T" stands for the tank's manufacturing source, "Tschechisch," German for "Czech."
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Choose M1A1's predecessor?
T-55
M60A1
The 62-ton M60A1 battle vehicle achieves a top speed of 46 mph. The tank covers a range of 320 miles carrying a 105-millimeter gun that can blast six to eight rounds a minute in motion.
T-90
Leopard 2 Revolution
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Do you recognize the armored carrier that was better protected than tanks developed earlier?
Chieftain MK3
T-62
M2A1
The M2A1 is outfitted with a 25-millimeter gun, six firing ports to suit M16 rifles and a couple of TOW anti-tank missile launchers. It pulls 25 tons at a top speed of 42 mph.
Ariete
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This carrier once was considered the most sophisticated of U.S. battle inventory. Give it the perfect name?
T-62
Chieftain MK3
M1A1
The M1A1 carries a laser-guided 120-millimeter principal weapon that shoots at a distance of 6.2 miles while the tank is in motion at a maximum speed of 30 mph. The range for the M1A1 stops at 289 miles.
Arjun MBT
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Have you remembered the battle contraption that accommodates 43 rounds?
T-55
The T-55 weighs 40 tons and has a range of 373 miles. A Bosnian Serb by the name of Zoran Belonic managed to hide a 40-ton T-55 in his garden in Prnjavor for six years after Serbian soldiers left it there during ethnic strife in the Balkans.
M48A5 MOLF
Leopard 2A6
M60A3
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Variants of the ________ were often used during the Ukranian war?
Leopard 1
BMP-2
The BMP-2 armored vehicle achieves a speed of 40 mph and a range of 300 miles. The 16-ton carrier is considered a light tank and boasts a self-propelled 30-millimeter gun.
AMX-13
T-80U
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Label the combat vehicle that was destined to be "king of tanks"?
M-84A4 Sniper
SK-105 Kurassier
T-95
The T-95 concept was classified as "Object 195." It was designed with an armor-reinforced hull and a turret to include ammunition and artillery. Russian company Uralvagonzavod was designated as the manufacturer.
Leopard C2
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Development of the _______ began in 1986?
T-55
M-95 Degman
Ramses II
Panzerhaubitze 2000
The German Panzerhaubitze 2000, or PzH 2000, carries a 155-millimeter main gun with a semi-automatic ammunition stacking and loading apparatus. The tank has proved that it can blast 12 rounds of ammunition within 60 seconds.
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Do you see the tank that underwent weight modification to enhance performance?
Crusader
The Crusader performs a highway speed of 48 mph and a firing distance that averages 30 miles. The Crusader blasts at a rate of 10 to 12 rounds per minute and is equipped with Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact (MRSI) technology.
Leclerc
Arjun MBT
Chieftain MK3
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It was a tank that hunted other tanks during the Second World War. Do you detect the answer?
Zulfiqar MBT
Jagdpanther
The Jagdpanther was a World War II tank destroyer used by German troops to stabilize the Western Front. The tank was a massive presence during the Battle of the Bulge, one of the most grueling theaters of the Second World War.
Magach 7
Challenger 1
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The ________ was first used in 1988 and has undergone many changes since then?
Vickers Mk 3
Pokpung-ho
K1A2
Denel G6
The South African 155-millimeter Denel G6 first came standard with a 45-caliber barrel. A more modern 52-caliber version of the self-propelled vehicle has a turret that's powered by an autoloader replenishment system which projects at a maximum range of 33 miles.
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What's the versatile tank that received a considerable upgrade?
K1
M48
BTR-80
A modernized BTR-80 carrier has been upgraded with a unified armament module encompassing a two-plane digital gun-sterilization system. The main gun of the BTR-80 artillery module can be switched out to fit the 30-millimeter 2A72 weapon.
Al-Khalid
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The Royal Marines and the British Army used what vehicle in Northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945?
M1A1
Cromwell
Mark IV and Mark VII versions of the British Cromwell armored vehicle were deployed to Palestine during World War II. Mark VIs were sent to Korea in 1950. The famed tank was unveiled for combat during the D-Day invasion, June 1944.
Leopard 2A6
Vickers MBT
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