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 ...

When World War II started, the American automaker ... For World War I, Ford produced what is now known as the first American-designed and built tank, referred to as the M1913 "3-ton".

The emergence of British and French tanks ... and WWI came to an end. Poor timing Though the hybrid tank didn't appear on the battlefield, it did appear on the silver screen. American animation ...

It was at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, in September 1916, that tanks first went into action. If there is an originator of the tank it was Lt Col (later Major-General) Sir Ernest ...

The tank was designed to withstand machine-gun fire and break through trench defences. Horace Leslie Birks was put in charge of one of these early tanks at Passchendaele. HORACE LESLIE BIRKS ...

Tanks were invented in Britain. Historian Dan Snow describes the earliest versions and charts how they developed and were increasingly used in battle during WW1. We hear how intrigued the British ...