A T-34 tank, the protagonist of the "Four Armored Soldiers and a Dog" series, on a movie set. Photo: TVP
Sherman tanks were on the equipment of Polish soldiers from the 1st Armored Division taking part in the liberation of Holland in 1944. Photo by Horace Abrahams/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
A German Panzer IV-G tank on the Normandy front in 1944. Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images/Roger Viollet via Getty Images.
Panzer III tanks in Operation Barbarossa fought at Stalingrad, but by 1943 had become obsolete. Photo: Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images
The legend of the Tigers was created by Goebbels. Pictured: a German Tiger tank and a destroyed Soviet machine at Lake Ladoga during the siege of Leningrad, September 1943. Photo: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images