On January 26, 1945, near Holtzwihr, France, Second Lieutenant Audie Murphy ordered his remaining men to fall back, then ...

It's not uncommon for civilians to see an armored fighting vehicle (AFV) with caterpillar tread and a large cannon and call it a tank. Those are the basic features that make up a main battle tank, ...

Staff Sgt. Clyde Choate was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions defending a German tank attack during WWII. (Source: Military Times Hall of Valor) By the time the United States entered World ...

As Germany pierced through the Soviet Union’s Eastern Front in an ambitious attempt to take Moscow in the summer of 1941, it ...

The Centauro can reach a top speed of 67 mph—which means it can take a shot and retreat, instead of engaging in a slug match with an adversary's main battle... Here’s What You Need to Know: American ...

Thanks to a massive 90mm main gun, the M36 was one of the few American tank destroyers that could reliably engage any German armored vehicles, even at extreme distances. During... Here’s What You Need ...

The Allied invasion of Europe in June of 1944 saw troops embark on a campaign aimed at the very heart of Germany. The dense hedgerows of Normandy took longer to fight through than expected. Still, by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum in Huntsville added a rare tank to its collection on Tuesday. After a 4.5-year restoration, the museum, which specializes in military ...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled the multi-missile Spike NLOS (non-line-of-sight) launcher for the tank destroyer being developed under Poland’s Ottokar Brzoza programme. Rafael said in a ...

The Tiger I’s thick armor and 88mm gun often required multiple Allied vehicles or air support to defeat. The T-34’s sloped armor and mobility shocked German forces when first encountered in 1941.