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, ...

A European/Polish tank destroyer could very well become the deadliest weapon system on a future battlefield. The tank destroyer packs up to 24 Brimstone anti-tank missiles, each of which uses radar to ...

Tanks were usually involved in any invasion in the European theatre during World War II. The German Panzer Is and IIs spearheaded the invasion of Poland, while the later Panzer IIIs and IVs were used ...

As a result, half of the battalions converted to towed, 76-millimeter M5 guns similar in effectiveness to the M10’s own gun. These supplemented the companies of lighter 57-millimeter guns integrated ...

Here’s What You Need To Know: The shortcomings of U.S. tank destroyers are clear. During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these ...