At dawn on 24 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux, a British Mark V commanded by Lieutenant Frank Mitchell spotted three German A7V tanks advancing through smoke and mist. What followed was the first ...

The Battle of Kursk was the last major offensive the German army would see on the eastern front in WWII. Despite huge Soviet losses, their ability to replace men with ease, not to mention the power of ...

The M4 Sherman was the backbone of Allied armored forces in World War II. It devastated German armor and infantry across North Africa and Europe, leaving an indelible mark on tank design and military ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

Germany’s latest main battle tank, the Leopard 2A8, is redefining armored warfare. In this exclusive Defense Web TV report, ...

An employee works on a Leopard 2 main battle tank at the KNDS Unterstadt plant in Kassel. The German military, the Bundeswehr, is set to receive its first new-generation main battle tank, with defence ...

In order to march on Antwerp, the German Wehrmacht needed to first capture Freyneux—and the US Army stopped it in its tracks. The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and bloodiest engagement the ...

In a move that signals a seismic shift in European security, Germany is beginning the permanent deployment of over 100[...] ...

The A8 is the first new Leopard tank to be built since the early 1990s. KNDS debuted the Leopard 2A8 main battle tank, signaling Germany’s modern rearmament. The latest version of the most popular ...