Long called the largest tank battle in history, Prokhorovka has become one of the most repeated and misunderstood episodes of World War II. In reality, the clash between the German II SS Panzer Corps ...

The British Matilda II was slow, outdated, and supposedly obsolete. Yet early in World War II, it proved nearly immune to German anti-tank weapons. Its heavy armor allowed it to dominate North Africa ...

Though tanks are vulnerable to low-cost missiles and drones, their crews have adapted and developed countermeasures over time—giving them a continuing place in modern warfare.

Lessons from the conflict are still important to the Finnish Army, especially the Jaeger Brigade, which specializes in Arctic ...

Despite the Abrams tank’s advanced age and increasing vulnerability to threats such as drones, it has been kept relevant on the modern battlefield by repeated upgrades.

War and Power Who Wins Wars―and Why by Phillips Payson O’Brien PublicAffairs, 276 pp., $30. WHY DO COUNTRIES WIN OR LOSE wars? With a major war raging in Europe, and a possibl ...

On March 24, 1985, a Soviet sentry shot and killed U.S. Army Maj. Arthur D. "Nick" Nicholson. He was the last American killed ...

As we approach the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the aggressor is not doing well. By now, Russia has fought longer in Ukraine than it took the Soviet Union to defeat ...

The war in Ukraine is, at once, a past and future conflict. On the one hand, Russia’s invasion resembles World War I, with static frontlines, trenches, and vast areas of no mans ...

Long-range weapons and other technologies are blurring the lines between combat and non-combat situations for sailors.

A shutdown for the Department of Homeland Security at the end of the day Friday appears certain as lawmakers in the House and Senate were set to leave Washington for a 10-day break and negotiations ...

The army’s “transformation in contact” exercise, carried out this fall through the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center, was a good step in this direction. Although this exercise was not long ...