The Army’s new tank round can do the jobs of four rounds
Shooting a target with the appropriate round is key to winning a fight. In Somalia, U.S. troops were equipped with the M855 5.56x45mm NATO round designed to pierce Soviet steel…
Old Ironsides and Operation Torch: The Army’s 1st Armored Division
They’re the oldest and the most recognized armored division in the Army. The first division to see combat in Germany during WWII and the first mash-up of reconnaissance and cavalry units in all of Army history. Here’s everything you thought you kn…
The first American-designed tank in combat didn’t fight with US troops first
The First World War saw the introduction of tanks to the modern battlefield, but for the most part they didn’t fare too well on those battlefields. The United States didn’t…
This backwards looking tank was actually very effective
At first sight, the Valentine Archer isn’t a terribly odd looking vehicle. The fighting compartment and gun appear to be at the rear with the barrel extending over the front deck; but they’re not. In fact, the fighting compartment is at the front …
The first tank to break into Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge was almost lost to history
Although its opening has been delayed due to the COVID-19 public health emergency, the National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, houses historic Army artifacts like an M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle from the 2003 Inv…
This World War II-era Black tank commander was a real-life ‘Black Panther’
Warren Harding Crecy, known simply as “Harding,” graduated from high school the same year that the United States entered World War II. It was a good thing, too, because Harding…
The crazy steam-powered gun of the Civil War
The Civil War was one of the first industrialized wars, helping lead the world from battles conducted by marching men with muskets around each other on a large field to battles fought between small, quick-moving formations with repeating rifles, qui…
Polish eagle scouts stole a tank and liberated a concentration camp in the middle of WWII
In the summer of 1944, the Red Army was approaching Warsaw and Nazi Germany was preparing to retreat all along the Eastern Front. That’s when the Polish Resistance launched Operation…
The unknown Army aircraft that flew a tank
When you think ‘sherpa,’ the first thing that comes to mind is probably the folks who help people climb Mount Everest. Unless you’re a pro, you’re probably not thinking about the Army’s C-23 transport plane.
Wait, the Army has a tran…
These robot battle buddies could be a game changer for the Army
The U.S. Army Research Lab recently paired a human Soldier with a battlefield robot in the first real-world demonstrat…