Military Vehicles 1970-1979
The Vietnam War was just one storyline in the ever-evolving world that was the 1970s.
There are a total of 45 Military Vehicles from 1970 - 1979 in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1972
The 2S1 Gvozdika (translating to "Carnation") was a standard Red Army self-propelled howitzer platform. The type was recogniz...
1973
The 2S3 Akatsiya ('Acacia') - M1973 when in the US inventory - was first unveiled in the early 1970's. It is a heavy caliber ...
1975
The 2S4 "Tyulpan" was developed as a fully-tracked, self-propelled heavy mortar platform. The 30-ton system was first witness...
1978
The 2S7 Pion ('Peony') is noted as being the largest self-propelled gun in the world. First unveiled to the West in the late ...
1977
The 9P148 "Konkurs", also incorrectly identified by some as the "BRDM-3", is a variant of the base BRDM-2 Amphibious Scout Ca...
1972
The AAV-7 series of assault amphibious vehicles was born as the LVTP-7 in the late 1960s. The initiative called for an armore...
1972
The Scorpion series of light tank has seen many major variants produced both for local use and for export. The Scorpion chass...
1976
The Alvis Striker of the CVR(T) family of tracked vehicles in service with the British Army is a dedicated missile carrier fo...
1978
The Alvis Spartan is a variant of the Alvis Scorpion CVR(T) and Starstreak APC systems. Initially it served to carry the Jave...
1976
The FV104 Samaritan is the Armored Battlefield Ambulance (ABA) variant of the "Scorpion" CVRT ("Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance...
1971
The Alvis FV107 Scimitar is a light armored reconnaissance platform primarily in service with the British Army. The vehicle i...
1973
The AMX-10 series of APCs serves a variety of roles in the French Army and in export countries. Like other APCs of this type,...
1979
The AMX-32 was a further development of the commercially successful French-made AMX-30 main battle tank. Along with improveme...
1978
The BM-27 / 9P140 "Uragan" ("Hurricane") is a large, multi-wheeled self-propelled rocket launcher design consisting of an enc...
1978
Taiwanese military power has long been supported by the United States and the island nation received and operated the ubiquit...
1974
The Gepard Flakpanzer is derived from the Leopard 1 Main Battle Tank chassis and serves as a mobile anti-aircraft artillery p...
1977
The GIAT GCT is the primary tracked, self-propelled gun platform of the modern French Army. The system is akin to the America...
1971
The Jagdpanzer SK 105 Light Tank was a tank destroyer developed by Saurer-Werke for the Austrian Army during the Cold War. It...
1971
The LAV-150 is a light armored 4x4 vehicle that has been in the US Army since 1964 in other forms with the LAV-100 making an ...
1979
For much of the Cold War, it fell upon NATO and the West to match wits against the latest Soviet combat tank / Main Battle Ta...
1975
The M1978 "Koksan" is a self-propelled gun (SPG) of North Korean origin, the tracked chassis believed to be based on the orig...
1977
The M901 Improved TOW Vehicle (ITV) was a variant on the hugely successful M113 series of APCs. The M901 was designed to be a...
1979
The Merkava series of main battle tank represents the backbone of Israeli armor elements. The system was the result of extens...
1970
The MT-LB was a product of late 1960's development and initially designated as the M1970 to the West. Initial designs wer...
1977
The French concerns of Renault and Panhard submitted designs to fulfill a 1970s French Army requirement for new 4x4 and 6x6 a...
1979
The Pegaso BMR ("Blindado Medio de Ruedas" - "Armored, Medium, Wheeled") series of wheeled vehicles are a multi-role 6x6 syst...
1979
The Ratel ("Honey Badger") Infantry Fighting Vehicle was a long-running family of 6x6 armored vehicles developed and produced...
1976
The French-produced VAB is a multi-faceted highly-adaptable armored personnel carrier and scout car. The chassis is used in a...
1970
The Marder 1 is the principle infantry fighting vehicle for the German Army. It has its origins in the West German Army befor...
1979
The Transportpanzer 1 (TPz 1 or "Fuchs") is a 6-wheeled armored personnel carrier designed from a West German requirement. Th...
1975
The Luchs 8x8 Reconnaissance Vehicle provides the German Army with an all-terrain amphibious reconnaissance vehicle. Amphibio...
1972
Since the dark days of World War 2, the Soviet Army has held the rocket projector in high regard and has included thousands o...
1979
The vast airspace over the Russian frontier and the combat-ready atmosphere of the Cold War required the Soviet Army to keep ...
1970
Design work on the 2K12 "Kub" system began in 1959 under the direction of NIIP/Vympel (for the missile) and MMZ (for the trac...
1976
The SLU-FAE was an ill-fated attempt at producing a mine and obstacle-breaching system for the United States Marine Corps. T...
1977
The DANA saw its origins in a Czechoslovakian military requirement of the 1970s for an indigenous self-propelled gun system c...
1977
The Austrian SPz 4K 7FA was a further development of the 4K 4FA armored personnel carrier (APC) and its variants developed in...
1972
The Soviets/Russians have always maintained a penchant for successful (and globally popular) tank designs since they unveiled...
1976
The T-80 of the Russian Army was born in the era of the Soviet Empire during the Cold War. The type was a further evolution o...
1975
A joint partnership between the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1972 led to the...
1973
When the North Korean Army needed an armored personnel carrier, they turned to what they do best - license production of an e...
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