Facing heavily armored German tanks, the US Army developed a radically different solution: speed over protection. The M18 ...

Tanks were first invented in World War I, where they were envisioned as invincible land ships that could break the stalemate of trench warfare and lead to victory. Technological shortcomings meant ...

In September 1944, German Panther tanks advanced confidently through the fog of eastern France. Instead, they encountered a ...

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GERMAN TANKS OF WORLD WAR II : THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF GERMAN ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES 19261945 BY F M VON SENGER UND ETTERLIN TRANSLATED BY J LUCAS EDITED BY PETER CHAMBERLAIN AND CHRIS ...

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 ...

The First World War introduced the horrors of trench warfare. Thousands of artillery pieces launched millions of shells over frontlines brimming with infantrymen struggling in the mud for mere feet of ...

"Department of the Army pamphlet no. 20-202." "The material for this pamphlet was prepared for the Historical Division, EUCOM, by a group of former German generals, general staff officers, and tank ...

Military scientists have identified the remains of an Indiana soldier who died in World War II when the tank he was commanding was struck by an anti-tank round during a battle in Germany. The Defense ...