T-64AK at the T-34 Tank History Museum© "T-64AK at the T-34 Tank History Museum" by Vitaly V. Kuzmin is licensed under BY-SA 4.0. Battle tanks have been a staple of the battlefield since 1917. Back in ...

The battle tank came into its own during WWI, but the basic idea—armor up a self-propelled vehicle and fill it with soldiers—existed long before that. Leonardo da Vinci and H.G. Wells both explored ...

Most historians agree that there was no time on earth when the tank was more important for the outcome of combat than in World War II. But of course tanks were around before that time and continue to ...

In the years since World War II, much mythmaking has mucked up history with various often incredible claims about the effectiveness of certain weapons. And no country’s wartime record is more muddled ...

Certainly, anyone who has ever played the video game World of Tanks likely has debated what is the “best tank,” and the fact remains that there will likely never be a consensus as opinion plays a ...

The tank was introduced in World War I when Britain unveiled the then-secret weapon against German forces and were able to run these rolling fortresses right over German barbed wire and trenches, ...

Oscillating turrets, pioneered in French tanks like the AMX-13 and AMX-50, reimagined armored warfare with a split turret design that allowed a smaller, lighter vehicle to carry a massive gun and even ...

Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine has resulted in the destruction of thousands of main battle tanks, many at the hands of cheap drones loaded with anti-tank grenades. But it has also driven demand ...

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