Nation Entry 13.05.2021: The Nationale Volksarmee (East German tanks)

New Tank Entry 08.05.2021: BTR-90 (1994)

The GAZ-ATZ BTR-90 was designed in the 1990s an unveiled in 1994 as the prossible successor of the BTR-80, armed with the same turret as the BMP-2. However a few were produced for evaluation but it was never accepted for production so far by the Russian MoD. Instead it is used only by the Russian Internal Forces.

New Truck Entry 10.05.2021: Sd.Kfz.8 (1938)

The Sonderkraftfahrzeug 8 ("special motorized vehicle 8") was a German half-track widely used during World War II, as a prime mover for heavy guns like the 21 cm Mörser 18, 15 cm Kanone 18, or 10.5 cm FlaK 38. It was also used to carry their crews and ammunitions, but also as a standalone troop carrier. The Sd.Kfz.8 wasalso the first heavy utilitarian half-track in service with the Wehrmacht. Powered by a large Maybach engine, it derived from a serie of prototypes by Daimler Benz in 1931, until Wa Prüf 6 ordered to combine the features of its DB.7 with the ZD.5. The resulting DB.8 was adopted in 1937, followed by the DB.9 in 1938, the main production version, and the wartime DB.10. In all, about 4,000 of these vehicles were used for towing the heaviest artillery pieces in the German arsenal until 1945. Two were modified for frontline offensive roles, the armored tank hunter "bunkerflak" and the DB.10 gepanzert for towing a 88 mm gun. It was also used in every campaign of the Wehrmacht, from the invasion of Poland to the the Battle of France, Balkans Campaign, Africa, Eastern Front, Normandy and Italy.

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