The T-55 earned its place as one of the most widely used tanks in history through simplicity, reliability, and a compact four-man crew layout. This video explores its internal design, global combat ...
David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. It’s a deeply ominous sign for Russian tank crews that the Kremlin has begun pulling 70-year-old T-54 and T-55 tanks out of long-term ...
Those 70-year-old T-54 and T-55 tanks that the Russian army is pulling out of long-term storage, possibly in order to recondition them for front-line use in Ukraine, wouldn’t last long in a direct ...
The Second World War was the pinnacle of tank design, with many new looks launched, tested, and deployed in just a few years. By its end, the world had several powerful tanks, like the German Panther ...
The Soviet Union in World War Two relied heavily on tank forces to stall the Nazi advance. Its tanks then swept Hitler’s forces back across Eastern Europe, most notably at the Battle of Kursk. After ...