When German forces first encountered the T-34 in 1941, its sloped armor, mobility and firepower exposed serious weaknesses in existing Panzer designs. The shock was so great that German engineers were ...

In early August 1944, U.S. armored units pushed rapidly through Normandy after Operation Cobra. Near Saint-Sever, their advance was suddenly halted by an unexpected threat. Two German Panther tanks, ...

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 ...