Bulldozers are a standard piece of equipment for military engineers. Of course, performing engineering tasks on the battlefield is dangerous and bulldozers are often armored to protect their operators. The…
Armed and armored trains first saw use in the 19th century in the American Civil War, Franco-Prussian War and Boer Wars. Into the 20th century, armored trains were employed extensively,…
Land mines pose a serious threat to advancing ground forces. These buried explosive devices, capable of disabling even the most heavily armored vehicles, can block certain routes and funnel formations…
Though one wouldn’t expect much from an armored vehicle developed by the Food Machinery Corporation, th…
Britain’s Cromwell tank first saw combat duty on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The British troops operating the tank fell in love in an instant. It…
The M50 Ontos might be the craziest-looking armored vehicle in American history. But with six mounted recoilless rifles, the tank-killer design did more than its fair share of work on…
To counter the German blitzkrieg, the U.S. Army needed to not only destroy individual tanks, it needed to destroy the Wehrmacht’s ability to use them effectively. To do that, it…
The US Army’s upgunned Strykers were developed to counter Russian aggression in Europe, but while these upgraded armored vehicles bring greater firepower to the battlefield, they suffer from a critical weakness that could be deadly in a fight.
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The ability to detect and identify targets at night and under poor visibility conditions has long been an essential military requirement. History has shown that the ability to maneuver under the cover of darkness gives tacticians a big advantage ove…