Many World War II tank battles were decided before the first shot was fired. German crews frequently spotted enemy armor ...

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of Allied armored forces in World War II. It devastated German armor and infantry across North Africa and Europe, leaving an indelible mark on tank design and military ...

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 ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

The story of Lafayette Green Pool is usually told in one explosive sentence: the Texas farm boy who destroyed more than 250 German tanks in World War II. That version is dramatic, but it is not quite ...

GERMAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR II : THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GERMAN ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 19261945 BY F M VON SENGER UND ETTERLIN TRANSLATED BY J LUCAS EDITED BY PETER CHAMBERLAIN AND CHRIS ...

Developed during the Cold War, MBTs replaced specialized tank classes by offering heavy-tank armor protection with medium-tank mobility/speed ...