In June 1944 during World War II, Japanese tanks charged Marine lines on Saipan believing their armor would protect them. The assault was led by the Type 95 Ha-Go light tanks of the 9th Tank Regiment ...

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 ...

KNDS, a European defense contractor, has unveiled a new tank with a bewildering number of guns. EMBT ADT 140 mounts not one, but three guns—each optimized to handle a different kind of threat. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For over a century the M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun, known affectionally among troops as “Ma Deuce,” has been the staple ...

On the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Corporal Tony Stein carried a weapon the Marine Corps had never officially designed for infantry combat: a modified aircraft machine gun. His story reveals ...

It's not uncommon for civilians to see an armored fighting vehicle (AFV) with caterpillar tread and a large cannon and call it a tank. Those are the basic features that make up a main battle tank, ...

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