When most people think of tanks, they imagine armored vehicles battling other tanks across the battlefield. But the first ...

The word tank was born from wartime secrecy, but the real reason it stuck is more surprising. In the First World War, Britain needed a harmless cover name for a new armored vehicle that had to stay ...

Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...

The U.S. military began testing hybrid tanks more than 100 years ago. (Museum of Innovation and Science) As you read this, people at the Pentagon and several civilian partner organizations are putting ...

They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved. By Marco Hernandez and Thomas Gibbons-Neff When Russia launched its ...