Though American tanks initially weren’t designed to fight other tanks, by the end of WWII, five tank models had become legendary in their own right. With designs focused on supporting infantry and ...

After World War II, Germany’s obsolete tank destroyers were reborn in the Bundeswehr, evolving from the KanonenJagdPanzer 1-3 ...

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Few civilians understand what it feels like to climb into a military tank and squeeze into the cockpit. Even fewer have had the opportunity to grab ahold of the controls and actually drive one. The ...

Tanks were first invented in World War I, where they were envisioned as invincible land ships that could break the stalemate of trench warfare and lead to victory. Technological shortcomings meant ...

Tanks used in the Second World War evolved significantly compared to the Great War, going from slow, cumbersome armored pieces of rolling artillery whose effectiveness in many situations was ...

The Germans and Soviets both employed heavy tanks as breakthrough vehicles, which traded speed for heavier armament and armor to enable them to penetrate fortified lines. The British had the Churchill ...

Nonetheless, the M103 still suffered from traditional heavy tank problems. “In Europe it was found that the engine was underpowered, requiring replacement of engines and transmissions after average ...

The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...