The German King Tiger (Tiger II) was one of the most powerful and feared heavy tanks of World War II. -Introduced in 1944, it ...

Late war Germans tanks like the Tiger and Panther had a reputation for being over-engineered and mechanically finicky. As with any sophisticated weapon, ...

By 1945, the U.S. Army had cause to regret one of its most fateful choices of World War II: the decision not to build heavy tanks. Its M4 Sherman medium tank was a decent enough armored fighting ...

Built on a Tiger II chassis, sporting an enormous 12.8 cm cannon and holding the distinction of being the heaviest armored vehicle to serve in World War II, weighing in at 72.5 tons battle ...

The Tiger is one of the most revered tanks of the war, if not in the entirety of tank history. And, as Military History Visualized reveals, an effective tank—though perhaps not as great as ...

However, in the late 1970s, the Detroit Tank Arsenal would once more shift. This time, the facility began manufacturing parts for the new and advanced M1 Abrams tanks , although these tracked ...

Item 1 of 3 The turret is seen beside the hull of a German World War II Tiger II "King Tiger" tank during restoration works at the Swiss Military Museum Full in Full, Switzerland March 22, 2021 ...

A British Army Sherman Firefly tank at the Battle of the Bulge, 1944. (U.S. Army Center of Military History) Nazi Germany's Tiger tanks could penetrate the armor of any Allied tank.