In order to combat the effectively neutralize the German Panzerwaffe, an entirely new doctrine of mechanized warfare was ...

The German success in concentrating and using armored forces in a fast-moving offensive in the early stages of WWII astounded ...

But what makes the M18 Hellcat one of the best tank destroyers of World War II is that it had the highest kill-loss ratio of any armored vehicle in the U.S. inventory.

World War II was not quite the end of the line for U.S. tank destroyers. The M36 Jackson and its 90-millimeter gun were hastily called back for use in the Korean War five years later to counter ...

World War II was not quite the end of the line for U.S. tank destroyers. The M36 Jackson and its 90-millimeter gun were hastily called back for use in the Korean War five years later to counter ...

Tank destroyers came about during World War II as a method for combating main battle tanks. Some of the best tank destroyers of WWII looked similar to tanks but favored firepower, long range, and ...

What the 2S25M doesn’t have is any protection against anti-tank weapons, including RPGs. The 2S25M armor will protect the crew from machine-gun fire and shell fragments but not any anti-tank rockets ...

DANBURY - Ken LeLacheur has gained a few pounds too many to fit behind the controls of a tank destroyer like the one in which he spent the last six months of World War II. Almost all of the last ...

1st Lt. Nathan B. Baskind was 28 when he was killed in June 1944. A platoon commander of four M-10 tank destroyers in Company C, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion, Baskind and another soldier from ...

These tank destroyers were introduced to the European theater in 1944. Despite their unglamorous build, armored vehicles like this played a vital role in numerous campaigns and battles and, today, ...