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1. Over 58,000 (including all the sub-types) of this tank were built during the war, more than any other one:
2. The Soviet KV tank series (KV-I, KV-II, KV-85) was named after the USSR pre-war defense minister, Klimenti Voroshilov. Who was the Soviet leader's name behind the IS (sometimes referred to as JS) tank series?
3. After 1940, the light Panzerkampfwagen II was outdated as a battle tank, but its development was continued as a fast reconnaissance vehicle. Following the German practice of using animal names it was called what?
4. The American concept for a 'tank-destroyer' during WWII was:
5. This German tank ace destroyed nine Shermans and some other vehicles with his lonely damaged PzKpfw V Panther before making the way back to his lines.
6. One of the oddest tanks of the war was the Soviet KT (Kyrliatyi Tank). What was it?
7. In April of 1941, the Germans captured three British wheeled vehicles, and liked them so much that began to use them (one by Erwin Rommel himself, other by his staff, and another one by the 21st Panzer Div. staff). Do you know which type these excellent British vehicles were?
8. A specialized type of A.F.V. was called 'Scorpion' or 'Crab' (Matilda Scorpion, Grant Scorpion, Sherman Crab, etc.) What were these 'funnies'?
9. The British gave some of their self-propelled artillery 'clerical' nicknames: The S.P.25-pounder 'Bishop', the S.P.6-pr A.E.C. Mark I 'Deacon', the Canadian S.P.25-pr 'Sexton', etc. What did they call the U.S.105-mm. Howitzer Motor Carriage (M7)?
10. The first battle the U.S. armor fought in North Africa, in which a large number of inexperienced U.S. tanks were defeated by inferior numbers of hard veterans from the Afrika-Korps.
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