Before the famed Tiger and Panther tanks could even roll onto the battlefield, it was the raw power of the Soviet T-34 and KV ...

Soviet engineers pushed armor and weight to extremes. Early variants could shrug off every German gun, but their mobility and ...

But the 47-ton KVs were unwieldy, leaving them vulnerable to German troops maneuvering close on the flanks. A day after the German blitzkrieg into the Soviet Union in June 1941, more than 200 Nazi ...

Heavy tanks, despite what their designation may suggest, weren't simply designed to be great, lumbering hulks. Thick armor to absorb punishment was paramount, certainly, but so too was relative ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The KV-1’s transmission, which Kotin borrowed from a U.S.-made tractor, simply sucked. But one of the tank’s biggest problems was the fact the crew could barely see ...