The limits of tank design were set long before the first tank ever rolled onto a battlefield. When tanks were invented in 1915, the railway system was the only practical way to move them across long ...

When the first tanks rumbled into action on September 15, 1916, during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, they set a template for a military vehicle that was to play a critical part in nearly every ...

Though tanks are vulnerable to low-cost missiles and drones, their crews have adapted and developed countermeasures over time—giving them a continuing place in modern warfare. The conflict in Ukraine ...