What was the K-wagen?  How does this pretain to the evolution of the Armoured Vehicle?
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The K-Wagen, or Großkampfwagen, was a German super-heavy tank that never saw combat due to the end of World War I and the armistace agreement that required that all German tanks be scrapped.\n\nIt weighed 120 tons and had a crew of 27 consisting of a commander, two drivers, a signaler, an artillery officer, 12 cannoneers, eight machine gunners and two mechanics.  It was considered by the German Army to be waste of resources as it was too heavy and impratical to be of use on the battlefield.\n\nAs for how it pertains to the evolution of armoured vehicles, it was the heaviest tank ever made with the original design weighing 165 tons, later shaved down to 120.  It does not, however, hold the record for the largest operational tank as it was never fully completed.  That record is held by the French Char 2C at a mere 69 tons, although it never saw combat itself.
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Unit designation. Sometimes it points up, with a number inside, or down. Even sideways. At far distances, it is hard to tell if a vehicle is from your own unit, since numerical designation couldn't be seen far enough. Having a huge "V" gives you an idea which unit the vehicle belongs to.\n\nThe design might have come from the US Army's 24th Infantry Div. (Mech.) known as the "Victory" division. They painted "Vs" on the side of the vehicle to symbolize this, even on their helmets. In 1990, they were one of the first to arrive in the Gulf and painted their vehicle tan colored. As tradition, they painted the "V" on the side, but a general, noted the simple yet effective recognition feature of the letter "V". Every branch of the armed forces now utilize the symbol, or an alternative.
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Which Mod?  Here's a sample:\n\nThe newest variant is the B61 Mod 11, a hardened penetration bomb with a reinforced casing (according to some sources, containing depleted uranium) and a delayed-action fuse, allowing it to penetrate several metres into the ground before detonating, damaging fortified structures further underground\n\nI know you have a computer, so why can't you google it yourself like I did.  Also, why do you assume the whole world knows what a B-61 is?  Sounded like a new type of plane to me---------
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Kursk: History's Greatest Tank Battle, July 1943
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The main drawback of the Hotchkiss gun was its weight. 40kg with mounting (88 lbs). Its theoretical firing rate was 600 rounds/minute but its actual firing rate was considerably less. The first models used a 30 round clip. This was replaced in 1915 by a 249 round belt. It was mounted in aircraft and on tanks. The French used it through WWII. \n\nIf you consider that it was also adobted by the British and the Americans, you must consider it as successful although its reliability was an issue.
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Here's everything you could want to know about the M-1955.  \nhttp://www.olive-drab.com/od_soldiers_gear_body_armor_vietnam.php
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The weapon was developed for motorized infantry, adopted for service with the Soviet Army in 1949 and designated the AK-47. It was not provided with a bayonet.  \nCaliber, mm 7.62 \nCartridge 7.62x39 \nSighting radius, mm 378 \nLength, overal, mm 870 \nBarrel Length, mm 415 \nMagazine capacity, rds 30 \nSighting range, m 800 \nWeight w/empty magazine, g 4300 \nWeight w/loaded magazine, g 4876 \nRate of fire, rds/min 600 \nMuzzle velocity, m/s 700 \nKilling range, m 1500 \nRifling Grooves 4 \nRifled Bore, mm 378
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A Fox NBC Recon Vehicle costs the US Army approx. $1.4 million. \nBetter value than the Stryker.
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Moritz Külling (1809 - ), heitaret 1834 Ursula Hablützel (1809 - ) von Wilchingen und ein Bruder des oben genannten Martin Külling (1812 - 1883) war, ...\nwww.kuelling.li/history.html-- This is as close as I can come to what you want.
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None that I know of make direct comparisons/contrasts.\n\nI can help you out a lot more than TheWiseOne, as his answer contains many inaccuracies.\n\nContrary to what the WiseOne stated, the M1 Garand was adopted as the standard US Army infantry rifle in 1936 and was standard issue when we entered the war.  The USMC still had a predominance of '03 Springfields, as they didn't receive new equipment until after the Army.  I find it odd that the WiseOne denigrates the Springfield for being "obviously dated and had been used in World War I.".  That's funny, because the standard infantry rifle the Germans used during WWII, the K98k, was simply a newer, shorter version of the Gewehr 98, the Model 1898 Mauser rifle, developed before and used during WWI (the Springfield used the same action as the Mauser by the way).  Both were fine bolt-action weapons, but couldn't compare with the M1 because of their slow rate of fire (the US was the only army in WWII to have a semi-automatic rifle as it's standard infantry weapon).\n\nThe primary sub-machine gun of the US Army during WWII was the M1928A1, M1, and M1A1 versions of the Thompson sub-machine gun.  A fairly heavy weapon, accurate at short ranges, and it had a lot of stopping power due to the fact it was chambered for the .45ACP round.  From 1944 onwards it was slowly phased out and replaced by the M3 Grease Gun.  It was cheaper and far simpler to mass produce than the Thompson.  Contrary to what the WiseOne states, both used 30 round box magazines (although 20 round was available for the Thompson).  The German MP-40 (the famed Schmeisser, although Schmeisser had no part in it's design) was chambered for 9MM Parabellum.  It was lighter and had a slightly lower cyclic rate than the Thompson (but a bit higher than the M3).\n\nComparing the MP-44 and the BAR is like comparing apples and oranges.  The MP-44 is the ancestor of the modern assault rifle, and was used as such.  The BAR is analagous to the M249 SAW that the US Army currently uses.  The MP-44 was a good weapon, with decent accuracy and range, and a cyclic rate high enough to provide fairly heavy firepower.  Very useful in urban fighting.\n\nThe BAR was a great weapon, heavy, but provided very good, accurate firepower for platoons.\n\nI don't know what "tiny Walther pistols" WiseOne is speaking about.  The standard German sidearms of WWII were the Parabellum-Pistole (popularly known as the Luger) and the Walther P-38.  Both were chambered for the 9MM Parabellum round, and both were fairly accurate.  The P-38 was easier and cheaper to make, and more tolerant of various environmental conditions.  The M1911A1 Colt .45 was a fairly good pistol, not particularly accurate, but the .45 ACP round provided good stopping power, and it was fairly reliable.\n\nThe German MG-42 was an excellent weapon, the best of its' class during the war.  It was the basis for the postwar design of the US M-60 machine gun.  I don't know what the WiseOne is speaking of when he mentions "and other lamer machine guns" when speaking of the US.  The primary US light machine gun was the .30 Browning.  It's sustained fire rate wasn't as good as the MG-42, but nevertheless the air-cooled version was a more than competent, if not very good weapon.  The standard heavy machine gun of the US was the Browning M2 .50.  This was an excellent weapon, best in it's class, and is still in use today by many countries. The M2 was just as accurate as the MG-42, and had greater power and ranger. Then again, pretty much any weapon designed by John Browning turned out to be excellent.\n\nThis following statement is absolutely wrong:\n\n"American planes were better than German planes by the time we entered the war, as the RAF killed off many of their better planes."\n\nThe best American fighters of the war at the time of our entry were the P-40 and F4F.  Neither one was anywhere near as good as the
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The U.S.'s M1A2 Abrahms tank. The tank has a 120mm. gun and is the most technologically advanced tank in the world. The Abrahms was designed to destroy Russian Tanks.
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Dude, these are called WarCats and they are used all the time in wars already.  Do you mean to tell me you did not know this?  How can this be? Giant WarCats have been used a lot in Africa over the past 20 years, they have the ability to get through the thickest jungle and can see very well in the dark.  God would approve of them because they have slogans written on them in the local dialects including "Allah is On Our Side."
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That's a tough one; infantry tactics underwent a major paradigm shift after the introduction of the Maxim Machine Gun at the close of the 19th century.\n\nPrior to that, it was essentially (and this is VERY simplified) fire volley, fire volley, advance in a line, and bayonet everything not running away.
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Germany,  Kaiserslautern.... I live pretty close to K-town :-)\n\nhttp://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/kaiserslautern.htm
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it is an armoured fighting vhecle.it is ment to carry infantry men to the assault line,giving them a certain ammount of protection against light arms fire and indirect artellary fragmants and shrapneld.it gives the slodeirs limited capability to use their light weapons through the ports and openings that are there ,plus using its medium gun and other supporting facillities,like smoke generatores ..etc.
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The Hummer brand can actually trace its roots back to another military icon -- the Jeep. Designed by the Willys-Overland company in the 1940s, the Jeep became so popular that when Henry J. Kaiser purchased the Willys-Overland company in 1953, the name was changed to Kaiser-Jeep. In 1970, American Motors bought Kaiser-Jeep and renamed it the Jeep Corporation. At that point, Jeep was producing vehicles through two divisions: the Commercial Products division in Toledo, Ohio, and the Government Products division in South Bend, Indiana.\n\nA year later, the Government Products division was spun off as a wholly owned subsidiary known as AM General. In the early 1980s, the company, now owned by the LTV Corporation, designed a vehicle to compete for a contract offered by the U.S. Army. Called the High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV, or Humvee, as it came to be known), it was designed to serve as the military's main light tactical vehicle. AM General won a 1983 production contract (the first of many with the U.S. Army) that required the delivery of 55,000 vehicles over a five-year period.\n\nAM General's Humvees distinguished themselves in active duty during the Persian Gulf War in the early '90s. The vehicle's wartime prowess garnered a great deal of positive publicity, and not just within military circles. As a result, AM General (now under the ownership of the Renco Group) decided to introduce a civilian version of the Humvee, dubbed the Hummer, in 1992. In 1999, General Motors bought the rights to the Hummer brand name and became responsible for the development, marketing and distribution of future Hummer SUVs.\n\nThe original Hummer, now called the H1, is still very much a niche offering and only a small number are produced each year. This exclusivity has played a part in making the pricey SUV a rather conspicuous status symbol. Under GM's guidance, the brand has expanded to include additional vehicles that still possess the Hummer bravado but with civilized road matters better suited for general public consumption.
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First of all, don't listen to adm_maaf. I was on a tank in Iraq that took about a dozen rpgs while it was there, and all they did was scratch the paint. That said, an aerial bomb has a hell of a lot more destructive energy than an rpg. Not to mention the 30mm chain gun on the A-10 was specifically designed to penetrate armor. Good thing they're on our side.