The M551 Sheridan was asked to do a lot, and though it didn’t do any of it particularly well, it did serve in three conflicts ...

What makes a tank a failure? Does it have to have a drivetrain so unreliable you have to carry a spare transmission in the trunk? Does it need to ignite its ammo box and send the turret into low-Earth ...

At the onset of World War II, the U.S. had no modern tanks equal to those used by the German military. Therefore, as an upgrade of the M2 Light Tank, the U.S. built the M3 Stuart in 1941, forming part ...

Typically, the word "tank" evokes images of enormous reinforced vehicles: heavily armored, heavily armed, and just plain heavy. Outside of its military applications, we might snarkily apply the word ...

To begin with, they aren’t tanks at all. Light tanks are typically armored fighting vehicles that are smaller, lighter, and more agile than main battle tanks. The French government pledged to provide ...