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With its thick armor and deadly 88 millimeter gun, the German Tiger tank became a symbol of battlefield dominance. Allied crews often watched in disbelief as their shells bounced off its hull, while ...
"The enemy knows we're here. Is that not clear to you?" Amazon MGM Studios has revealed the official trailer for a WWII tank ...
By then Smoyer and his crew will have a T26E3 Pershing, a new American “super tank.” The Pershing, with heavier armor and greater firepower, will prove a lethal force against the Germans.
Smoyer and his tank crew fought their way across Europe after landing in France three weeks after D-Day in 1944. The centerpiece of their story is the fight for the German city Cologne in March ...
The Army awarded that tank’s gunner, Clarence Smoyer, 96, with the Bronze Star, and awarded posthumous Bronze Stars to Smoyer’s three crew members, which included DeRiggi, at a ceremony ...
At the start of Armor Week on April 29, it was only fitting that the Harmony Church Gate to post was redesignated for a formidable WWII tank crew commander. “He instilled the high standards of ...
World War II gunner Clarence Smoyer, whose heroism in an epic tank duel was enshrined on film, believed for 74 years he missed his shot at the Bronze Star over chewing gum. Children in the ruins ...
News American Heritage Museum is offering WWII tank driving experience through October Published: Jun. 16, 2020, 5:36 p.m.
That changed when the British Army designed a tank round that didn't need to penetrate a tank's armor to cripple the vehicle. During World War II, the United States and its allies fielded a number ...