The German army was known for designing large super weapons. While many failed, many of the engineers behind these devices ...

Germany's Bundeswehr is to receive new anti-aircraft gun tanks to replace the Gepard weapon system, after the Bundestag's Defence Committee agreed on the procurement of 19 tanks on Wednesday, dpa has ...

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 ...

When Operation Barbarossa began, German forces expected a short campaign. Instead, they encountered the Soviet T-34. In the ...

In a slight fog, at 6:20 on the morning of Nov. 20, 1917, the tank entered modern warfare. At that moment 378 steel monsters rolled toward the German lines on the Cambrai front. The armored vehicles, ...

In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks.

The term “Franken weapon” evokes an image of weird armaments—something unnatural and even satirical, as if the Battle of the Bulge met the eponymous monster of the famous novel. But these odd weapons ...

American tanks in World War II were generally inferior to their German counterparts. German tanks boasted better armor protection and more firepower. But armor and lethality don’t tell the whole story ...

On modern battlefields, tanks command a presence like no other. Their thick armor and heavy cannons epitomize ground warfare dominance. As they roll across diverse terrains, their formidable ...

An MT-LB-12 in 2022. In 1944, the Soviet Union’s state defense committee ordered the country’s industry to develop a better anti-tank gun—one that could penetrate the armor of the latest German tanks.

KNDS, a European defense contractor, has unveiled a new tank with a bewildering number of guns. EMBT ADT 140 mounts not one, but three guns—each optimized to handle a different kind of threat. The ...

Heavy tanks are the largest cavalry meant to face off against other tanks. This means they have the thickest armor and biggest gun, trading off mobility for enhanced protection and firepower. Because ...