NATO and the USSR pushed their best tanks to the edge in the late Cold War. This comparison tracks the M1 Abrams, Leopard 2, ...

The history of U.S. tank development tells a much bigger story than just new designs. Each generation reflects how warfare itself has changed, from the trench-breaking machines of World War I to the ...

The M4 Sherman dominated through mass production and reliability rather than superior armor or firepower. The M1A1 Abrams destroyed Iraqi armor at ranges they could not match during the Gulf War. The ...

Welcome to a bonus edition of the War Room. On top of your regular dispatches from Shashank, I’ll be writing an edition, every month, all about military history. I have been a correspondent for The ...

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 ...

American M48 Patton tanks fired back, and suddenly the defenders found themselves in the Vietnam War’s only tank-on-tank engagement. Though small in scale, it exposed the faltering state of America’s ...