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During the Cold War, the Fulda Gap, at the inner-German border, was one of the hottest points of potential contact between the military alliances of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. If it had actually come to a war, the East Hessian region would have become the gateway for Warsaw Pact troops to enter the m..

Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank Britain's Cold War Heavy Tank The FV214 Conqueror heavy gun tank was developed and fielded by the British Army in the early years of the Cold War to counter the threat caused by Soviet heavy tanks such as the IS-3 and the T-10. If the Cold War had turned hot, the Conqueror w..

JACKAL High Mobility Weapons Platform CoYoTE Tactical Support Vehicle - Light Due to its involvement in Northern Ireland, the British Army had a lot of practical experience in fighting a counterinsurgency, plus it owned the vehicles to do so. However, in Afghanistan these had to be used in deserts a..

Task Force HELMAND Since 2006 British Forces have operated in southern Afghanistan under ISAF. Their mission in the Helmand Province is to assist the Afghan government in creating a safe and secure environment, consult in the creation and training of the Afghan security forces and to further the rec..

FV4201 Chieftain Britain's Cold War Main Battle Tank The FV4201 Chieftain was the first purposely designed main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army, and the main weapon system of the Royal Armoured Corps for most of the Cold War era. When it entered service in the 1960s it replaced the medium an..

RAC Germany Armoured Vehicles of the Royal Armoured Corps during the Cold War in West Germany 1950-90 Almost 85 years ago, the Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) was formed and it can be found today in every theatre of operations of the British Army. One of the most important episodes in the RAC's history w..

CVR(T) Scorpion - Scimitar - Sabre Development of vehicles of the CVR(T) family and their introduction into service with the British Army 50 years ago can be considered a revolution in the field of conducting armoured reconnaissance. Never before had the attributes of mobility, speed, protection and..

Cold War Warrior LEOPARD 1 The Leopard 1 MBT in Cold War Exercises with the German Bundeswehr At the end of the 1950s, the German Bundeswehr decided to replace its M 47 / M 48 tanks of American origin as soon as possible with a new main battle tank built in West Germany. In many respects, the Americ..

Sanitatsfahrzeuge - German Field Ambulances and Medical Evacuation VehiclesThe German Sanitatswesen im Felde (Army Medical Service) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World War One, saving millions of soldiers' lives. The core task of the Sanitatswesen was the evacuation of ..

The schweres Geschutztes Berge- und Abschleppfahrzeug (sGeBAF) Bison heavy protected recovery vehicle is used by the Bundeswehr to recover and tow heavy wheeled vehicles that have broken down or had an accident, including equipment such as the LKW 15 t mil gl MULTI A4 FSA truck, variants of the Tran..

The All-Protected Transport Vehicle Dingo 2 is a development of the ATF Dingo 1 that was fielded in 2000 and has since proven its value in various missions worldwide. With comprehensive text and pictorial documentation the following variants of the Dingo 2 are covered in this publication:ATF Dingo..

Leopard 1 MBT in German Army Service - Early Years The Leopard 1 MBT was a decisive step for the young German Army towards a German-built main battle tank. only ten years after the Bundeswehr had been founded the first Leopards were delivered to the army. Continued improvements and the extreme relia..

Development History - Technology - Modernisation and Upgrades By experts considered as the best main battle tank in the world, the Leopard 2 in 2014 reached a vital stage of modernisation: the 2A7. This publication covers the introduction and the many technical improvements of the new 2A7-variant of..

Leopard 2A4 Part 1 - Development and Active Service The Leopard 2 main battle tank can easily be regarded as a child of the depths of the Cold War. When the Leopard 2 was first fielded in 1979, it already was by far the best MBT in the world as it not only stood out from other tanks in all important..

BAOR-SLTA Vehicles on the Legendary Soltau-Luneburg Training Area of the British Army of the Rhine On 01 July 1963 the Soltau-Luneburg Agreement between West Germany, Canada and the UK on the use of German land for exercises came into force. The Soltau-Luneburg Training Area (SLTA) was born. More th..

World War One Special 1012 Spezialfahrzeuge - German Specialised Motor Vehicles The backbone of motor vehicles in the Imperial German Army comprised cargo trucks, staff cars and motorcycles. Yet with many new military tasks arising on the German side in World War One, the demand for motor vehicles i..

REFoRGER 1979 - 1985 Vehicles of the U.S. Army during REFoRGER Exercises - Part 2 How would a war between NATo and the Warsaw Pact have ended? A conventional clash of the titans or an all-out nuclear confrontation? The REFoRGER series of exercises trained these scenarios on large scale on German soi..

Due to its firepower, mobility, thrust, protection, assertiveness and command capability, the Panzertruppe (German Armour Corps) is particularly well suited for decisive combat. Its structure and equipment enables it to conduct long-range attacks, or fast and powerful attacks with a closer target. I..

The Leopard 2 is a legend. Today, due to dramatic developments on NATO's eastern flank, the tank is back in the forefront of military weapon systems for land forces. Although it has been in service for more than 43 years, the German Leopard 2 main battle tank and its associated family of vehicles re..

GECoN-ISAF Wustentarnung Desert Camouflage of the Vehicles of the German ISAF Contingent In 2003 the Bundeswehr introduced "Umtarnfarben" non-permanent camouflage colours into service in order to allow effective camouflage for vehicles and equipment when operating in desert and steppe-dominated arid..

Lionheart 84 The largest British Exercise of the Cold War Exercise Lionheart ran for little over a month, from 03 September till 05 October 1984. It comprised three phases: a deployment phase (Full Flow), the employment phase (FTX Spearpoint) and a redeployment phase (Full Flow). Lionheart was the l..

With the arrival of the 2nd (US) Armored Division "Hell on Wheels" as a regular occupation force, the history of the U.S. Army began in Berlin in July 1945. In addition to the Soviet Union, United Kingdom and France, the American troops took over the administration of a sector of the city. In the fo..

Brothers of HEMTT Palletized Load System PLS / Logistics Vehicle System VLS The backbone of the vehicle fleet of the U.S. Army are the HEMTT heavy all-terrain trucks. The U.S.M.C. introduced its own fleet of similar heavy trucks called the Logistic Vehicle System - LVS, the U.S. Army later fielded..

REFORGER 75 - Certain Trek The US Army training on NATO's Eastern Frontline Exercise REFORGER 75 was the seventh in the series since the USA started in 1969 the practice of reinforcing NATO with US Army forces stationed at home in peacetime, but which had their equipment kept in storage in Europe. E..