At dawn on 24 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux, a British Mark V commanded by Lieutenant Frank Mitchell spotted three German A7V tanks advancing through smoke and mist. What followed was the first ...

US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, but the war may not give it the opportunity to do what it does best. The Abrams was designed to defeat Soviet-built armor. But the war in Ukraine has ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: When it comes to what was the “greatest tank battle” in history, it comes down to the numbers as well as the type of tanks involved, but also how the tanks were ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Most historians agree that there was no time on earth ...

A Danish-Dutch consortium last week pledged another 14 Leopard 2A4s to Ukraine, boosting to 85 the number of the 70-ton tanks Kyiv should receive over the next year. The Leopard 2 plus-up doesn’t ...

The conflicts on the Eastern Front of World War II were bloody and brutal. By 1943, the German army had lost millions of soldiers in Russia and resorted to using aging conscripts from World War I and ...

Summary and Key Points: The M60 Patton may be long retired in U.S. service, but thousands remain relevant overseas thanks to ...

Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on the modern battlefield by repeated upgrades.

US-made Bradley fighting vehicles have been a highly effective tool for Ukraine. With lots of maneuverability and firepower, they have been used on the battlefield as light tanks. For Kyiv, Bradleys ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Though tanks technically existed on the battlefield the ...