Flixton Primary School Tanks and Machines
TIGER TANKS!!!
Tiger Tanks we’re one of the most important Tanks to the Germans in WW II. They we’re operating in Europe from 1942. Their thick armour made it almost IMPOSSIBLE to be penetrated by any thing except another Tank.
Furthermore, it had a fuel capacity of 86 litres, and a topped of 25mph.
To learn even more go to this educational/ factual website.
FUN FACTS!!!
The Tiger II weighted approximately 70 Tonnes
It also had 10-19cm thick armour
The Tiger I operated in WWI and was a kind of prototype to the Tiger II
SHERMAN TANK
The Sherman was a ww2 tank that the Americans made. It was a light weight tank, it had sloped armour, it had a main canon which was a 50 caliber canon and a 70mm machine gun.The Sherman could breach a panzer 2 and 1 armour, but not a panzer 3 and 4 armour.
Crusader Tanks!!
Here is some measurements for the Crusader Tanks!
Mass 19.1 to 20.0 tons
Length 5.97 m
Width 2.77 m
Height 2.24 m
These tanks were best used in the desert.They had firm grips on there wheel.Over 5000 were made at the very start of the war.These tanks have 5 wheels 7 if you count the ones on the back and front and they were surrounded by tank tracks! If The Crusader Tank was one of the fastest and most movable tanks in Britain!
