Tanks & Armored Vehicles

An article by Yuri Pasholok from the WARSPOT website, dated July 7, 2017. In 1942, the Urals became the main hub of Soviet tank production. While a year ...

Once upon a time, in the glorious city of Gorky, at an automobile plant, there lived a group of design engineers. The atmosphere was tense—it was the harsh ...

The Development of German Tank Optics, 1918–1939   Visibility is an extremely important factor for armored vehicles. At times, it is just as ...

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a huge number of Soviet BMP-2s remained in the former Warsaw Pact countries. The vehicles were still fully operational, ...

The era when armored vehicles were protected solely by thick steel plates is now firmly a thing of the past. It is impossible to keep increasing their weight ...

When it comes to armored vehicles, the spotlight usually falls on tanks, self-propelled howitzers, or infantry fighting vehicles. However, every army is well ...

The so-called “drone revolution” that took place on the battlefields of Ukraine unexpectedly and simply pushed tanks off the battlefield. Now they are more ...

American M4A2 Medium Tanks in the Red Army   As it happens, the vast majority of well-known tanks from World War II are combat vehicles that ...

The idea of airdropping military equipment is not new in itself. What is new is the specific type of equipment being airdropped. Whereas previously the ...

The story of Harry Knox, an American automobile manufacturer who was, in fact, a key figure in the development of American tanks If there’s one thing ...