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 ...

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

Sedanka has only 250 residents, but dozens of its men left for the front. It is wondering whether recognition that the ...

In March 1945, an American heavy tank faced a German Panther in the ruins of a shattered city. Corporal Clarence Smooyer and ...

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

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.

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 ...