In the summer of 1942, the British Eighth Army was losing the war in North Africa. Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps had smashed ...

Doomed tanks that were the key to winning D-Day have been revealed in stunning new underwater images. The war tanks sunk during Operation Smash - a huge training exercise held on a Dorset beach in ...

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 ...

For much of World War II, British tanks were plagued by mechanical issues, weak armor, and underpowered guns—often rushed into service or stuck in long, troubled development cycles. Many proved ...

In 1938 and 1939, it became increasingly apparent to both the British military and to the world that a major European war was imminent. As a stop-gap measure, the Covenanter tank was built in large ...

One hundred years ago Thursday, when tanks went into battle for the first time, warfare changed forever. These giant armored killing machines have been a central feature of combat ever since. The ...

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A Challenger 2 tank of the Royal Welsh Battle Group on Exercise Prairie Storm at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Canada. As part of a sweeping reorganization, the British Army plans to cut ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. American tanks were decisive in turning the tide of World ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The genesis of the Grant sprang less from inspiration and more from desperation. Why were Rommel’s tanks blowing up? As the Desert Fox’s panzers churned through the ...