The Panzer V Panther was Germany’s answer to the shock of the T-34 – an ambitious medium tank built to win long-range duels ...

Germany’s armored forces grew from small Panzer II units to some of the most feared tanks of the war. Innovation pushed designs forward, but political pressure, internal rivalries and Hitler’s demand ...

The Tiger and Panther earned fearsome reputations for their firepower and armor, but their engineering flaws, breakdowns and low production limited their real impact. Beneath the legend, it was the ...

Next year, humankind would be commemorating 80 years since the start of the biggest global conflict the world has ever seen. On September 1, 1939, Nazi Germany forces invaded Poland from the West, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kurth / Wikimedia Commons (Kurth / Wikimedia Commons) The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout ...

The tank-destroyer force was the Army’s response to the wild successes of German armor in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940. Panzer divisions would concentrate more than a hundred tanks on a narrow ...

Key point: Tank-destroyers also taught the Army not to over-specialize. There was no need for multiple classes of tanks that were strong in one respect and weak in another. During the 1940s, the U.S.