In the late 1940s, the British War Office feared the Soviets would field ever more heavily armored tanks after the IS-3, so ...

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The bulge found on the turret of a modern tank's main gun is actually a straightforward device that helps to expel the propellant gases released after each round is fired. These fumes are toxic, and ...

On paper at least, the European Main Battle Tank could be a heavy-hitter. The joint Franco-German European Main Battle Tank venture aims at leveraging aspects of France and Germany’s tank programs to ...

Developed towards the end of World War II, the M1945 (D-44) antitank gun was used by Soviet bloc nations until the late 1970s. It used the same 85MM gun found on the T-34/85 tank. The T-34 series of ...

When Russia’s T-14 Armata main battle tank (MBT) was first demonstrated in the May 2015 Victory Parade in Moscow with its remotely controlled 125-millimeter 2A82-1M smoothbore main gun that features a ...

A genuine FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank is up for sale, complete with a rotating turret, a de-militarized 120mm gun, and just 1,603 miles on the odometer.

A Russian oil company called in the army to fight an oil well fire it was unable to control. The Russian army sent a Rapira anti-tank gun and crew to shell the wellhead. An anti-aircraft gun isn't the ...

World War II was a grotesque spectacle of suffering and geopolitical schisms, but it was also a demonstration of a rich diversity of technology — some weapons. Ones such as the German 88mm anti-tank ...

Researchers say troops’ brains may be injured by blasts from firing M1 Abrams tank guns and other weapons, even if they measure below the Pentagon’s ceiling for safe exposure. By Dave Philipps ...

The M5 3-inch antitank gun was developed during World War II by combining the high velocity of a 3-inch antiaircraft gun with the field carriage of the 105MM howitzer. The result was an effective ...