Tanks of World War Two Trivia Quiz

Answer: Light Tank MK VII 'Tetrarch '

Produced by Vickers Armstrong from 1938 to 1942, it had a top speed of approximately 64km/h. Its successes in Normandy were limited, to say the least. The last Tetrarch was retired by 1950.

Answer: M4 Sherman

There were many variants built of this mainstay of the US Army during World War 2, yet the Sherman VC 'Firefly'(as modified by Britain) with its big anti-tank gun and 89mm turret armour was probably the most effective. The Firefly thus became the only 'British' tank capable of taking out the German Panther and Tiger Tanks.

Answer: Fiat M14/41

The M14/41 featured 30mm front armour and was armed with a 47mm main gun. Vehicles captured by Allied forces were often pressed into service by necessity but they were discarded as soon as possible due to their obvious inferiority and dangerous propensities.

Answer: Panzer IV

When the original short barrelled 75mm Howitzer main gun was replaced in 1942 with the 75mm L/43 dual purpose gun, the Panzer IV could defeat all opponents at that point in time. It had 80mm frontal armour, a top road speed of 42km/h and an operational range of approximately 200km with 470 litres of fuel.

Answer: T-28

The T-28 had 20 to 30mm armour and a 76.2mm main gun. Although not very successful it breached the Finnish defence fortifications after the frontal armour was upgraded to 80mm. After 1941 there were very few left operational as many were destroyed or abandoned during the initial stages of Barbarossa.

Answer: Infantry Tank MK IV 'Churchill' (A22)

With more than 7,350 units build across all variants, the Churchill was perhaps the most influential "all British" tank of WW2. Main armament ranged from 2 Pounders in the MK I and II to 95mm guns in MK V and VIII. Frontal armour varied between 102mm to 152mm across the range. Its weight of around 40 tons made it one of the heaviest Allied tanks of the war.

Answer: Jagdtiger

The official designation was "Panzerjager Tiger Ausf. B" These monsters were proven deadly and in the hands of experienced crews, extremely difficult to kill with earth bound weapons. Approximately 80 were built but they were (perhaps fortunately) unreliable and plagued by mechanical failure, mainly due to their huge weight. The frontal armour of 250mm was virtually impenetrable.

Answer: IS Series

The 'IS' Tank series denoting Joseph Stalin or Iosif Stalin in Cyrillic, was a capable successor to the dubious KV series. The most produced model was the IS-2, a match for the German Panther and Tiger on any day of the week. It had a lower silhouette than both the Panther and Tiger, which one could argue gave it a slight advantage in a one-to-one standoff.

Answer: 88mm Flak Gun

The versatile "88" became the anti tank gun of choice amongst German crews, as armour development rendered many existing anti-tank weapons obsolete as the war progressed. It could hit ground targets with deadly result at 14,500 meters. The anti-aircraft gun became the "anti-all" gun.

Answer: T34

The T34 was developed and improved well after the war ended. German General von Kleist described it as "the finest tank in the world". As a testament to this Soviet legend stand the fact that T34-85's served in the Angolan Civil War in 1988 and as recently as 1996 in Bosnia.