The XM803 tank prototype design, a stepping-stone between the MBT-70 project and the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, was briefly ...
On July 12, 1943, the fields near Prokhorovka erupted in one of history's most devastating armored clashes. In just 24 hours, Soviet forces lost 359 tanks and assault guns—207 of them destroyed beyond ...
In July 1943, Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union unleashed thousands of tanks in a decisive confrontation at Kursk. The clash became the largest armored battle ever fought, grinding through minefields, ...
The First World War introduced the horrors of trench warfare. Thousands of artillery pieces launched millions of shells over frontlines brimming with infantrymen struggling in the mud for mere feet of ...
Eighty-three years ago today, the largest and bloodiest battle in human history came to an end. On Feb. 2, 1943, the last remnants of Germany’s 6th Army surrendered in the frozen ruins of Stalingrad.
The troops began referring to it as Ontos, Greek for “The Thing.” But after years of combat in Vietnam, the Marines were just about done with it. Parts were hard to find, and the treads wore out ...