First came Russia’s “turtle tank”, a metal shed rumbling across the battlefield. Then Ukraine laughed at the so-called “hairy ...

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Jan 03, 2024, 07:02pm EST Updated Jan 3, 2024, 07:09pm EST A Ukrainian M-1A1. It’s been two months since ex-American M-1s tanks ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The T-90’s most useful feature has actually proven to be its superior optics and fire control computer compared to earlier Russian tanks. “T-90s performed well when ...

Despite modern appearances, Chinese tanks like the ZTZ-96 and ZTZ-99 series suffer from a critical design flaw: almost no side hull protection. With no ERA or spaced armor on the hull sides, even ...

The Ukrainian army is up-armoring its American-made M-1A1 Abrams tanks—with a layer of explosive reactive armor. The ERA—sandwiches of plastic-explosive and steel that explode outward when struck—can ...

Even with the better ERA on the T-90M, some of these dual warhead ATGMs can penetrate side and rear armor. Even though the rebels didn’t have many top attack TOW missiles, Syrian troops, or at least ...