While most tanks mount their turret in the center for balance, visibility, and drivetrain simplicity, some designs experiment ...

A tank turret is the brain and brawn of an armored fighting vehicle, housing its most critical functions: the main gun, targeting systems, and a complement of crew. From the outside, it might seem ...

The Armata is a new-generation tank. It is a clean sheet design with a number of advanced features. It has little in common with the current T-90 and other older Soviet tanks. Actually it it the first ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Merkava’s unusual layout places the tank’s engine in the front. This means there is an extra block of armor between the tank’s crew and any incoming projectile.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Merkava tank is an icon of Israel’s IDF. The Merkava tank is sometimes called the most survivable tank in the world. The reasons given usually include its active ...

Russian armor suffers from a design flaw that makes them susceptible to losing their tops in direct hits — a well-documented flaw Ukrainian troops are taking advantage of to smolder enemy forces. The ...

The T-14 Armata tank, once labeled by a senior British army official as "the most revolutionary tank in a decade," is being reluctantly accepted by Russian commanders in Ukraine, the British defense ...

Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going to plan. Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow ...

I've seen many a picture of a burned out Russian tank that has its turret blown off. Why is that happening? There are two reasons. First is the design of Russian tanks. They have a crew of three ...