On May 2, 1944, Soviet T-34s and IS-2 heavy tanks broke through the first German defensive line near Targu Frumos, surging across open Romanian farmland under artillery cover. Waiting behind prepared ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurth / Wikimedia Commons (Kurth / Wikimedia Commons) The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout ...

Germany’s airborne forces have successfully tested the airdrop of their ultra-light Wiesel armored vehicle ...

It seems unlikely that China could so accurately copy a German armored vehicle from schematics alone. Could it have obtained a live one from the battlefield in Ukraine? China has become a high-tech ...

Germany is betting on the Leopard tank for its new brigade in Lithuania. It plans to bring the Leopard 2A8, its most modern version that is adapted with lessons from watching Russia.AP Photo/Martin ...

The Tiger I’s thick armor and 88mm gun often required multiple Allied vehicles or air support to defeat. The T-34’s sloped armor and mobility shocked German forces when first encountered in 1941.

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 ...

Image Credit: User:VargaA - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. From the mud-caked fields of Europe to the ice-bitten steppes of Russia, the Second World War and its tense aftermath gave birth to ...

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 ...