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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

At 2 p.m. on October 6, 1973, a thin line of Israeli troops on the Golan Heights glimpsed a terrifying sight: masses of Syrian tanks clanking toward them. Caught by surprise, the Israelis were ...

Of all the harrowing, intimidating arms and artillery dreamed up by military engineers over the last few centuries, few induce the instinctive evacuation of enemy bowels like the sight of a ...

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 ...

Military vehicle historian and armor officer Nicholas Moran rates eight tank battles in movies, such as "Saving Private Ryan" and "Fury," for realism. Moran breaks down the accuracy of World War II ...