Tag: Military
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Dupleix (1930) French Heavy Cruiser
Dupleix (1930) French Heavy Cruiser The French heavy cruiser Dupleix was the fourth and final member of the Suffren class of treaty cruisers built for the French Navy during the interwar period. Named after the eighteenth-century French colonial administrator Joseph François Dupleix, she represented the culmination of French efforts to improve cruiser protection while remaining… Read more
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HTMS Thonburi
HTMS Thonburi HTMS Thonburi (เรือหลวงธนบุรี) was a coastal defence ship of the Royal Thai Navy, named after the historic Kingdom of Thonburi. Thonburi and her sister ship, HTMS Sri Ayudhya, were designed following the incorporation of the earlier Rattanakosindra-class gunboats into the Siamese Navy in the 1920s. Under Plaek Phibunsongkram’s command, the Siamese Navy began… Read more
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Stridsvagn m/42
Stridsvagn m/42 Swedish Medium Tank The Stridsvagn m/42 (abbreviated Strv m/42) was the principal medium tank of Sweden during the later years of the Second World War and into the early Cold War. Development and Design The Strv m/42 was developed by the Swedish company AB Landsverk as a response to the limitations of earlier… Read more