In 1938 and 1939, it became increasingly apparent to both the British military and to the world that a major European war was imminent. As a stop-gap measure, the Covenanter tank was built in large ...

Most tanks in WWII were killed by anti-tank guns, artillery, mines, aircraft, or infantry anti-tank weapons – not other tanks ...

The First World War introduced the horrors of trench warfare. Thousands of artillery pieces launched millions of shells over frontlines brimming with infantrymen struggling in the mud for mere feet of ...

One serious drawback to the Crusader’s design was the turret. In order to incorporate a larger main gun into a smaller turret, the Crusader’s turret was polygonal, which maximized internal volume.

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