In March 1945, a rare combat encounter unfolded in the streets of Cologne as an American M26 Pershing engaged a German ...

Key Points and Summary - Originally designed for Iran, the British Challenger 1 main battle tank was adopted by the British Army after the 1979 Iranian Revolution and became a legend in Operation ...

A recent Armor article titled “Tanks Need the Infantry to Lead the Way” highlighted the significant advantage that infantry provides armored formations. A Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) ...

A new 120mm smoothbore gun is at the center of the remanufactured Challenger 3 and the British Army’s future armor plans.

The U.S. Army is fast-tracking a new main battle tank, the M1E3, designed to be lighter, faster and more survivable — reflecting lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. General Dynamics Land ...

The M1E3 is said to feature an autoloader—the first time that technology has been installed by the US Army, which has historically balked at its drawbacks. The US Army’s M1E3 tank prototype was ...

What You Need to Know: The Soviet-era T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) continues to prove its worth in the Ukraine War, showcasing its resilience and adaptability in ways that newer tanks, like the T-14 ...

The US military sought to develop a tank to break the trench warfare stalemate during World War I. British and French tanks inspired the US Army to design their own armored vehicle. The US ...

Here is a selection of their responses, which have been edited for brevity. I served in the United States Army from 1987 to 1991 and was deployed to Germany during the cold war. Like Mark Urban, I ...