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- The Panzer IV was the brainchild of the German general and innovative armoured warfare theorist Heinz Guderian. In concept, it was intended to be a support tank for use against enemy anti-tank guns and fortifications.
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What is a Class 4 tank?
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The Standard 4 tanks were originally allocated to all regions of British Railways, bar the Western. They became particularly associated with the London, Tilbury and Southend line (LT&S) working commuter services out of London, until that route was electrified in 1962.
The tank was named by the British after the American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman. [7] The M4 Sherman evolved from the M3 medium tank, [b] which – for speed of development – had its main armament in a side sponson mount.
The ancestry of these engines is easily traced back to the Class Four 2-6-4T designs of both Stanier and Fairburn on the London Midland & Scottish Railway. The Standard Fours share much of their basic design with these older cousins, including their wheel arrangements, but they were much modified in detail.
- 225 lb/sq.in.
- 25,100 lb.
- 18in. x 28in.
- 2-6-4
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On the nationalisation of British Railways (BR) in 1948 the London Midland Region had a number of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway 2-6-4T and the Western Region a number of GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T types. These tank engines were particularly suited to commuter and secondary services. However, particularly in Scotland and the Southern Region,...
On the decision to build the BR standard series of locomotives, a series of class four tank engines was ordered, based on the ex-LMS Fairburn 2-6-4T with some modifications. The lineage of the class could therefore be tracked through the LMS/BR Class 4 2-6-4T locomotives back to the Fowler design of 1927. Design work was done at Brighton, the overa...
The Standard 4 tanks were originally allocated to all regions of British Railways, except the Western. They became particularly associated with the London, Tilbury and Southend Line (LT&S) working commuter services out of London until that route was electrified in 1962. They were also widely used in East Sussex and Kent working from Brighton, Tunbr...
In the 1960s there was a mass withdrawal of steam locomotive classes. Older types were withdrawn in preference to the Standard 4s, which class remained intact until 1964. The final nine were withdrawn from the Southern Region on 9 July 1967. One Scottish Region example, 80002, remained in Glasgow past the end of steam haulage until 1969 as a static...
No fewer than fifteen Standard Four tanks have survived the cutter’s torch. This is the highest number for any preserved BR standard class, and is second only to the now eighteen strong LMS Black Fives as the most preserved main line type, unless the Bulleid Light Pacific’s are counted as one class (there are twenty Light Pacific’s in preservation)...
Going back in time to 1913, it had been found after several years of trying redundant Stroudley 'Terriers' and Drummond O2s on the severely curved Lyme Regis branch, that the flexible 0415 class tanks were much more successful, so three were allocated to Exmouth Junction shed for that service.
ClassN° When BuiltBuiltRebuilt As 4-4-2t46461879Apr 1886461231879Jan 1886461241879Mar 1883461301879Jun 1885A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat. Tank designs are a balance of heavy firepower, strong armour, and battlefield mobility provided by tracks and a powerful engine; their main armament is often mounted within a turret.
Tanks possessing this weapon were frequently used for clearing enemy bunkers and earned the nickname "Zippos", after the famous lighter. The Sherman entered combat in October, 1942, and was, at the time, superior to most Axis armoured vehicles.
