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List of named tanks

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

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Churchill Oke

M4A2 Sherman

M4(105)

  • Cougar

People's Republic of China

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Type 97 ShinHōtō Chi-Ha medium tank

Finland

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Renault FT

  • Koiras[5]
  • Naaras

T-50 tank

KV-1

France

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Char B1

  • Rhin (Formerly Flandres)
  • Rhône

Char B1 Bis

  • Eure

Char 2C

  • Poitou
  • Provence
  • Picardie
  • Alsace
  • Bretagne
  • Touraine
  • Anjou
  • Normandie (Later renamed Lorraine)
  • Berry
  • Champagne

German Empire

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Mephisto on display in Australia

A7V

  • Mephisto
  • Gretchen[10]
  • Faust
  • Schnuck
  • Baden I
  • Cyklop (later renamed Imperator)
  • Siegfried
  • Alter Fritz
  • Lotti
  • Hagen
  • Nixe
  • Nixe II
  • Heiland
  • Elfriede
  • Bulle (later renamed Adalbert)
  • Herkules
  • Wotan
  • Prinz Oskar

Nazi Germany

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Tiger I

Greece

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L3/33

Russia

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T-80BV

  • Alyosha

T-72B3 obr.2022

  • Tsar

Soviet Union

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T-34

Spain

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Renault FT

  • INFANTERIA Nº10[14]

United Kingdom

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A British Matilda Mk II named "Glenorchy" of Major K.P. Harris, MC, commander of 'D' Squadron, 7th Royal Tank Regiment during Operation Compass displaying an Italian flag captured at Tobruk, 24 January 1941

Mark IV tank

Matilda II

  • Glenorchy

Sexton MK.II

  • Culloden
  • Exterminator
  • Vindictive

United States of America

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T26E3 nicknamed Fireball, knocked out by a Tiger I in an ambush.

M4 Sherman

M4A1(76)W

M26 Pershing

References

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  1. ^ "Naming Tanks in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps". 14 March 2023.
  2. ^ https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicles/flamethrowers/oke.htm
  3. ^ https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/vehicles/flamethrowers/oke.htm
  4. ^ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tank-ace-captain-radley-walters-began-stellar-career-at-normandy/article24093726/
  5. ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/finland/renault-ft-finland/
  6. ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/finland
  7. ^ ""Panssarimuseo KV-1 m 1942 information"". Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  8. ^ ""Panssarimuseo KV-1 m 1941 information"". Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  9. ^ ""Parola Armour Museum"". Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  10. ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/germany/sturmpanzerwagen_a7v.php
  11. ^ "Tiger I - the Tank Museum - Tiger 131".
  12. ^ https://twitter.com/e_amyna/status/1342188195669307393
  13. ^ https://www.historical-quest.com/112-archive/20os-aionas-ellada/83-o-torpilismos-tou-elli.html
  14. ^ https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/renault-ft-in-the-service-of-the-kingdom-of-spain/#index7
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ https://tankmuseum.org/article/trapped_story_of_fray_bentos
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