The war in Ukraine has shown how vulnerable armored vehicles can be to attacks by cheap, expendable drones, threatening the tank’s century-long primacy on the battlefield.
An employee works on a Leopard 2 main battle tank at the KNDS Unterstadt plant in Kassel. The German military, the Bundeswehr, is set to receive its first new-generation main battle tank, with defence ...
There were some surprisingly decent-looking tank designs before the First World War broke out. Yet because there wasn't any direct necessity for these expensive machines, real development didn't start ...
Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...
FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — The first tanks bound for the Army's 250th Birthday Parade in Washington, D.C. started moving May 21, 2025. The tanks, which began loading from Fort Cavazos are among dozens of ...
They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved. By Marco Hernandez and Thomas Gibbons-Neff When Russia launched its ...