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Panhard VBR
Country	Fance
Type	VBR
Photograph	Vladimir Yakubov
Locate	Musee des Blindes, Saumur
Description	Album of 92 photos walk-around of a «Panhard VBR»

Photo gallery of a Panhard VBR, The Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger (“Light armoured vehicle”), also known by its acronym Panhard VBL or simply VBL, is a wheeled 4×4 all-terrain vehicle built by Panhard. The vehicle is offered in various configurations, and was designed to combine the agility of the Peugeot VLTT liaison vehicle with adequate protection against small arms fire, artillery fragments, mines and NBC weapons. VBR: enlarged VBL multipurpose armored vehicle.

Source: Panhard VBR on Wikipedia

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WC52
Country	USA
Role	Truck
Built	Unknow

Photo gallery of a WC52, The Dodge WC series was a range of light military trucks produced by Dodge and Fargo during World War II. The series included weapon carriers, telephone installation trucks, ambulances, reconnaissance vehicles, mobile workshops and command cars. They were replaced after the war by the Dodge M-series vehicles. WC was a Dodge model code: W for 1941 and C for half-ton rating. The C code was retained for the ¾ ton and 1½ ton 6×6 Dodges. WC52 variant : WC52 Truck, Cargo, 3/4 ton, 4×4 w/Winch Dodge (G502) Weapons Carriers was identical to the WC51, but fitted with a Braden MU2 7,500 lb / 3 402 kg capacity winch at the front bumper. 59,114 built.

Source: WC52 on Wikipedia

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TPz 1 Fuchs Pioniergruppen
Country	Germany
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Photograph	Ulrich Wrede
Description	Album of 79 photos walk-around of a «TPz 1 Fuchs Pioniergruppen»

Photo gallery of a TPz 1 Fuchs Pioniergruppen, The TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs (“Fox”) is an armoured personnel carrier originally developed by Daimler-Benz but manufactured and further developed by the now Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles. Fuchs was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to enter service with the Bundeswehr (West German Army) and it can be used for tasks including troop transport, engineer transport, bomb disposal, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical reconnaissance and electronic warfare. RMMV and its predecessors manufactured 1,236 Fuchs 1, most for the German Army.

Source: TPz 1 Fuchs Pioniergruppen on Wikipedia

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T-54 BTR Conversion
Country	Israel
Type	Armored vehicle
Photograph	Victor Krestinin
Description	Album of 116 photos walk-around of a «T-54 BTR Conversion»

Photo gallery of a T-54 BTR Conversion, The T-54/55 tank series is the most widely used tank in the world and it has seen service in over 50 countries. It also served as the platform for a wide variety of specialty armored vehicles.

Source: T-54 BTR Conversion on Wikipedia

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Tracked Rapier
Country	UK
Type	APC
Photograph	Robert De Craecker
Description	Album of 72 photos walk-around of a «Tracked Rapier»

Photo gallery of a Tracked Rapier, Adapted Rapier system to fit on the M548, a cargo-carrier version of the ubiquitous M113 armored personnel carrier.

Source: Tracked Rapier on Wikipedia

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OT-62 TOPAS
Country	Poland & Czechoslovakia
Type	APC
Photograph	Victor Krestinin
Description	Album of 79 photos walk-around of a «OT-62 TOPAS»

Photo gallery of a OT-62 TOPAS, The OT-62 TOPAS is a series of amphibious tracked armoured personnel carriers developed jointly by Poland and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR). OT-62 stands for Obrněný Transportér vzor 62 – “armoured personnel carrier model 62”. TOPAS stands for Transportér Obrněný Pásový – “tracked armoured personnel carrier”.

Source: OT-62 TOPAS on Wikipedia

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Lockheed AC-130A Spectre
Country	United States
Type	Ground-attack aircraft
First flight	1966
Built	47

Photo gallery of a Lockheed AC-130A Spectre, The Lockheed AC-130 gunship is a heavily armed, long-endurance ground-attack variant of the C-130 Hercules transport fixed-wing aircraft. It carries a wide array of anti-ground oriented weapons that are integrated with sophisticated sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems. Unlike other military fixed-wing aircraft, the AC-130 relies on visual targeting. Because its large profile and low operating altitudes (around 7,000 ft) make it an easy target, it usually flies close air support missions at night.

Source: Lockheed AC-130A Spectre on Wikipedia

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North American A-36A Apache
Country	United States
Role	Ground-attack/dive bomber
First flight	October 1942
Built	500

The North American A-36 Apache (listed in some sources as “Invader”, but also called Mustang) was the ground-attack/dive bomber version of the North American P-51 Mustang, from which it could be distinguished by the presence of rectangular, slatted dive brakes above and below the wings. A total of 500 A-36 dive bombers served in North Africa, the Mediterranean, Italy and the China-Burma-India theater during World War II before being withdrawn from operational use in 1944.

Source: North American A-36A Apache on Wikipedia

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Lockheed F-35B Lightning II
Country	United States
Type	Fighter aircraft
First flight	15 December 2006
Built	260+

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole fighters undergoing final development and testing by the United States. The fifth generation combat aircraft is designed to perform ground attack and air defense missions. The F-35 has three main models: the F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) variant, the F-35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant, and the F-35C carrier-based Catapult Assisted Take-Off But Arrested Recovery (CATOBAR) variant. On 31 July 2015, the first squadron was declared ready for deployment after intensive testing by the United States.

Source: Lockheed F-35B Lightning II on Wikipedia

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Taurus ARV
Country	Canada
Type	ARV
Photograph	Scott Tremblay
Description	Album of 53 photos walk-around of a «Taurus ARV »

Photo gallery of a Taurus ARV , The Leopard is a main battle tank designed and produced in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focused on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the British L7 105-mm gun, and improved cross-country performance that was unmatched by other designs of the era. Modified and derivative vehicles : Simultaneous to the production of the battle tanks, a number of engineering, bridging and recovery vehicles were developed. The Canadian Land Forces operate the Beaver bridgelayer, Taurus ARV, and Badger AEV, all based on the Leopard 1.