Those 70-year-old T-54 and T-55 tanks that the Russian army is pulling out of long-term storage, possibly in order to recondition them for front-line use in Ukraine, wouldn’t last long in a direct ...

The Soviet T-54 evolved into the T-55 with internal upgrades and a more powerful engine, then was adapted in 1961 for Cold War nuclear conditions with filtration for chemical and biological threats ...

The Second World War was the pinnacle of tank design, with many new looks launched, tested, and deployed in just a few years. By its end, the world had several powerful tanks, like the German Panther ...

The Soviet Union in World War Two relied heavily on tank forces to stall the Nazi advance. Its tanks then swept Hitler’s forces back across Eastern Europe, most notably at the Battle of Kursk. After ...