Military

For more than one hundred years there has been a need for motorised military vehicles.

One of the best known of these vehicles is the tank. The tank first saw service in World War I but these tanks were slow, hard to manoeuvre and could be as dangerous to their own crew as to their enemy.

With the outbreak of World War II there was much progress in three key areas which were the protection of the crew with thicker sloping armour, the longer main armament for greater range and penetration and improved engines which were capable of higher speeds and had greater range.

Tanks of recent times have advanced weaponry, protection with sloped armour and improved performance but they can still be very vulnerable to modern weapon systems.

All these armoured vehicles are only as good as their supply lines which normally consist of trucks, armoured cars, jeeps and halftracks many of which are also available as collectors models.