WWII saw German tanks roll across most of Europe by 1940.Many now argue the heavy tank is an industrial relic, made obsolete by smart bombs and guided missiles, unsuitable to urban counter-insurgency.

Long before Northrup-Grumman devised the stealth bomber based on the principle that it’s hard to hit what you cannot see, Winona’s Pioneer Tractor Co. produced a stealth tank based on ...

World War One: The tank's secret Lincoln origins. Published. 24 February 2014. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. By Greig Watson. ... a prototype was ready in December.

Finally, the tank had a 20mm autocannon so that it could fight off attack helicopters. Of course, all of these features made the MBT-70 extremely expensive and prolonged its development.

When the German army’s first domestically-built tanks rolled into combat in March 1918 at St. Quentin Canal, the armored beasts looked considerably different from British and French designs ...

Yet Swansea University World War One expert Gerry Oram believes history has been unfair on the tank and its biggest proponent . "Field Marshal Haig is often criticised as having been a 19th ...

The concept of a military tank had been mooted for centuries by visionaries such as Leonardo da Vinci and HG Wells, yet it would take the horrific stalemate of the Western Front in World War One ...