It is generally strange to name a hornet rhino - and when it basically happens twice in history, I think it is quite natural to ask if that's just...
The Germans had named the self-propelled howitzer on the same chassis Hummel (bumble-bee), and the earlier self-propelled howitzer based on the...
Well, unofficial nicknames may emerge from any inspiration. But CAC's explanation sounds compelling.
First named after a hornet, then after a rhinoceros... Was the Panzerjäger Hornisse-then-Nashorn maybe the inspiration for nicknaming the Boeing...
But it had a dedicated anti-tank gun?! I rather Thanks for that info. Please can you tell me a source where to find that? I would like to add it...
At least post-war, it has been called a Jagdpanzer regularly. And it must be, because it IS a Jagdpanzer - a fully armored anti-tank vehicle with...
Reichsinister of Armaments and War Production Fritz Todt died on 8 February 1942 in an airplane accident. His successor became architect and...
So going back to the initial question: The Elefant was officially also a Panzerjäger. But it was also a Jagdpanzer - the Germans just had not...
Panzerjäger loosely translates to tank destroyer. Jagdpanzer is a tank destroyer which is fully armored, i.e. a tank in its own right. The...
English Wikipedia says - in line with many sources - that the Jagdpanzer 38 ("Hetzer") was based on a "modified Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t)...
With that hint I have found it's a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M14/41_tank - thank you. This is even the original photo where the boy was...
Although fake and meaningless in context, this image goes viral on the internet as meme against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But which (obviously...
Of course, this is not in question. The brand new Czech TNH series was captured by the Germans and introduced as Panzer 38(t). The modified...
As of now, no coherent story is told about the roots and the actual usage of the Jagdpanzer 38(t)'s nickname "Hetzer" (commonly translated as...
Thank you. Am I even right that this is a Christie suspension - or just something similar?
In this documentary film about Hitler's warrior Paulus, at 5:21-5:30 you supposedly see footage of early German tanks of which Paulus was...
In the German Wikipedia article about the Bf 109, contents of different authors (no longer active there) contradict each other about the point of...
Today's featured article in the English Wikipedia is about the battle, refuting many of the myths. Battle of Prokhorovka - Wikipedia
Hellcat was the name of both an American carrier-borne fighter aircraft, and an American tank destroyer. Firefly was the name of both a British...
Ok, thank you very much. However, the Wikipedia article claims that the Army Air Corps "ceased to have an administrative structure" in March 1942....
