Category: Military Vehicles and Weapons

Carmel Armored vehicle is More Than an Xbox on Tracks

When looking at the Carmel, one would never believe that it resembles your average teenager’s bedroom. After all, it has tank tracks, has a body…

Carmel Armored vehicle is More Than an Xbox on Tracks

When looking at the Carmel, one would never believe that it resembles your average teenager’s bedroom. After all, it has tank tracks, has a body…

Carmel Armored vehicle is More Than an Xbox on Tracks

When looking at the Carmel, one would never believe that it resembles your average teenager’s bedroom. After all, it has tank tracks, has a body…

Carmel Armored vehicle is More Than an Xbox on Tracks

When looking at the Carmel, one would never believe that it resembles your average teenager’s bedroom. After all, it has tank tracks, has a body…

Iconic Rolls Royce Armoured Car turns 100 years old

Jack Beckett

The Tank Museum’s oldest running vehicle, the Rolls Royce Armoured Car, turns 100 this week. The Rolls Royce Armoured Car, which has been used to…

Soviet Anti-tank Guns – The Real Threat to German Panzers

Jesse Beckett

It is often assumed in combat tanks are the primary counter to tanks, however during World War II it was in fact humble anti-tank guns…

On His 21st Birthday he Stopped a Panzer Division

Lyle Bouck joined the Missouri National Guard when he was just 14. He had grown up during the Great Depression and joining the National Guard…

The Russian Tank Crew That Refused to Give Up Against the Germans in WWII

In 1943, the Germans had occupied the Nevelsky distric of the USSR located south of Pskov. The Red Army sent their Third and Fourth Shock…

US Army to Test Two New Light Tank Designs

The US Army has identified that there is a gap in its ground combat vehicle strategy. In a study conducted in 2015, they determined that…

The Panther Tank in 24 Images – Was it the Best Tank of the War?

Jesse Beckett

The German Panzerkampfwagen V Panther was born out of the shock experienced by German forces after encountering the Soviet T-34 medium tank and KV-1 heavy…

The Mighty Maus – at 207 Tons it is the Heaviest Tank Ever Built

Jesse Beckett

The Maus spawned from Hitler’s now well known obsessions with large, war winning weapons. On multiple instances Germany tried to create a super heavy tank,…

The Mighty B Company “Black Panthers”of World War II

Some of the fiercest fighters in the US Army’s 761st Tank Battalion “Black Panthers” were in the B Company. The first all-black segregated tank company…