List of named tanks
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Throughout the history of armored warfare, tankers have been known to give nicknames to their tanks.[1] This is a list of named tanks.
Canada[edit]
- Bomb
- Caribou [2]
- Holy Roller
- Cougar
People's Republic of China[edit]
Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank
Finland[edit]
- Koiras[3]
- Naaras
France[edit]
- Rhin (Formerly Flandres)
- Rhône
- Eure
- Poitou
- Provence
- Picardie
- Alsace
- Bretagne
- Touraine
- Anjou
- Normandie (Later renamed Lorraine)
- Berry
- Champagne
German Empire[edit]
Nazi Germany[edit]
Greece[edit]
Russia[edit]
- Alyosha
- Tsar
Soviet Union[edit]
Spain[edit]
- INFANTERIA Nº10[7]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Glenorchy
- Culloden
- Exterminator
- Vindictive
United States of America[edit]
- Eagle 7
- Fireball
References[edit]
- ^ "Naming Tanks in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps". 14 March 2023.
- ^ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tank-ace-captain-radley-walters-began-stellar-career-at-normandy/article24093726/
- ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/finland/renault-ft-finland/
- ^ "Tiger I - the Tank Museum - Tiger 131".
- ^ https://twitter.com/e_amyna/status/1342188195669307393
- ^ https://www.historical-quest.com/112-archive/20os-aionas-ellada/83-o-torpilismos-tou-elli.html
- ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/renault-ft-in-the-service-of-the-kingdom-of-spain/#index7
- ^ "The Britannia, the British Tank which saw service in Flanders and took part in the Liberty Loan parade on Fifth Avenue, cruising a limousine in the streets of Toronto, Canada. During the recent victory loan parade". New York Times. 2 December 1917. p. 10. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ https://tankmuseum.org/article/trapped_story_of_fray_bentos