Tanks | War History

The Prototype for the T28 Super Heavy Tank was Lost for Decades – In a Field!

Soldier sticking his head out of a T28 Super Heavy Tank

Tanks were incredibly important during World War I and became even more so during the Second World War. During the latter, the United States realized…

A British Challenger 1 Set the Record for the Longest Tank-on-Tank Kill in 1991

Challenger 1 tank parked

The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 tank had a rocky start. It wasn’t very reliable and had a poor rate of fire. As such, a lot of…

PL-01: The Polish Stealth Tank That’s Never Seen the Battlefield

PL-01 on display

Countries are always looking to equip their militaries with the latest equipment, whether that be new firearms or vehicles. In 2013, Poland wowed everyone with…

Panther KF51: Rheinmetall’s New Main Battle Tank Features a 130 mm Gun

Panther KF51 driving along a dirt road

Arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has revealed its new main battle tank (MBT). The company unveiled the vehicle – the Panther KF51 – at Eurosatory 2022, touting…

Tank Ramming Was a Dangerous Tactic Used By the Red Army During WWII

Two tanks on a hill

Tanks are undoubtedly some of the most powerful military vehicles ever produced, and they made a world of difference to those fighting in the Second…

T-72: The Soviet-Era Tank That Continues to Serve the Russian Armed Forces

Russian soldier standing in the turret of a T-72 tank

Written by Lis Edwards and Clare Fitzgerald. During the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was looking to develop a better tank, as…

PzH 2000: One of the Most Powerful Artillery Systems Ever Developed

Two PzH 2000s driving through muddy land

In 1998, the German Army adopted the Panzerhaubitze (PzH) 2000, an incredibly powerful artillery system that remains in use to this day. It made a…

History’s Strangest Tanks – Including the Kugelpanzer!

Men standing with the Boirault Machine outside + Kugelpanzer on display

Since the development of the world’s first tank, Little Wille, in 1916, engineers have continuously strived to make these armored vehicles bigger, better, faster and…

The Highs (and Lows) of the Czech Panzer 38(t)

Tanks are often thought of as a technology of the First World War, but the Czech Panzer 38(t) played a major role in some of…

A Man Once Turned In a Soviet TANK to a Czech Weapons Amnesty Program

Pink T-34-85 parked behind a chain link fence + SD-100 parked between two buildings

When police in the Czech Republic used a tank in their advertisement to promote weapons amnesty, they didn’t realize someone would actually take it seriously.…

Photos of Nature Reclaiming the Fiercest Weapons of War: Tanks and Aircraft

Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk half-buried in the sand + Rusty Churchill M2 tank in a grassy field

Nature always endures, and every war has its end. No matter what people try to do, the earth and time will always find ways to…