Land combat in World War II was dominated by the tank. The role of these hefty vehicles changed somewhat as the war evolved, with new models being manufactured and their weapons and defenses evolving.

Key point: Armor and lethality don’t tell the whole story. American tanks in World War II were generally inferior to their German counterparts. German tanks boasted better armor protection and more ...

The M4 Sherman, officially known as the “Medium Tank, M4,” was the most widely used medium tank of the United States military and its Western allies during the Second World War. The Sherman, which was ...

An iron foundry in London is turning old parts of a WW II-era tank into model replicas to commemorate its history and raise funds for future maintenance. The mini tanks are made with iron from the ...

A retiree built an eight-foot-long remote-control transporter lorry complete with a tank on it as his wife had taken up golf and he was “bored to tears”. Roland Hopper, 79, used the controls to drive ...

This Canadian-built tank looks like a standard Sherman at first glance, but it’s actually a unique variant built in small numbers in 1943. Intended to give Canada its own armored production line, it ...

The Sherman was never meant to duel Tigers in open fields. Instead, it was designed to be reliable, easy to repair and light enough to move anywhere the Allies needed it. It crossed narrow bridges, ...

Clarence Smoyer had not been inside a Sherman tank since 1945, when he occupied a gunner’s seat as the Third Armored Division blasted its way inside Germany at the tip of the American advance to help ...