A tank turret is the brain and brawn of an armored fighting vehicle, housing its most critical functions: the main gun, targeting systems, and a complement of crew. From the outside, it might seem ...
During the interwar years, multi-turreted tanks were all the rage. Post-war, the British developed the A1E1 dual-turreted tank, which formed the basis for a number of other inter-war multi-turreted ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the next decade, when the US Army goes to war, its tanks might ...
The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. But recently the tank was ...
Most tanks feature central turrets for stability, visibility, and drivetrain simplicity, but designers experimented with rear ...
Do you enjoy Eastern European YouTube videos of tanks crossing streets like pedestrians or just getting traffic jammed in rush hour? This time, the Romanian army managed to scale it up a bit, as they ...
The M3 Stuart tank’s origin story begins with the M2, a light tank that preceded the M3. A product of the interwar years, the M2 was perhaps an adequate tank by pre-war standards though quickly became ...
Russian armor suffers from a design flaw that makes them susceptible to losing their tops in direct hits — a well-documented flaw Ukrainian troops are taking advantage of to smolder enemy forces. The ...
With the United States dragged into World War II on account of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, a sleeping giant awoke. As a result of the country’s need to quickly provide troops with equipment, ...