Tanks

• World War II

  Firsthand Account of U.S. Army’s 8th Tank Battalion’s Daring Moselle Crossing...

  Undaunted by the expanse of the Moselle River, the tankers of the 4th Armored Division's spearhead literally forged ahead in a most unusual manner.

  By Brig. Gen. Albin F. Irzyk, U.S. Army (ret.)

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• World War II

  World War II: 761st Tank Battalion

  The 761st 'Black Panther' Tank Battalion was the first African-American armored unit to see combat....

• Picture of the Day

  Picture of the Day: May 5

  On August 2, 1944, a French Army ‘Sherman’ tank lands on a Normandy beach from USS LST-517 during the European Campaign during World War II. Photo: U.S. Army Signal Corps...

• World War II

  World War II: Soviet and Japanese Forces Battle at Khalkhin Gol

  The undeclared conflict between the Soviet Union and Imperial Japan at Khalkhin Gol cast a long shadow on subsequent events in the Pacific theater and on the Russian Front....

• Military History, Reviews

  Multimedia Review: Fighting Steel : MH

  Armored Fist 3, NovaLogic, Windows 95/98/NT/2000 ($19.95). Since 1916, the armored tank has been overhauled, redesigned and updated into a computerized monster. More recently, in computer simulations such as NovaLogic’s Armored Fist...

• World War II

  Kursk Recondsidered – Sidebar: February ’98 World War II Feature

  The greatest tank battle in history began with an air battle. While German and Soviet tanks slugged it out on the plains of Kursk, the air above was a hornet’s nest of activity as the Luftwaffe and Red Army Air Force fought for...