When thinking about war and military vehicles, it's hard not to immediately consider the tank. A hulking, armored brute with a mounted cannon, the tank is in many ways the quintessential war machine.

Every now and again, an ingenious design appears in the timeline of progressing technology and forever impacts its evolution. This phenomenon happened with World War II tanks when some adopted sloped ...

The design rules were stringent: the tank had to have a high power-to-weight ratio of 30 horsepower per ton, have onboard protection from radiation and chemical weapons, and be able to withstand ...

The Swedish Stridsvagn 103 (or "S-Tank") was one of the most unusual tanks ever built. Designed to give good defensive firepower to enforce Sweden's armed neutrality, it's unique design came at a cost ...

Traditionally, tanks are seen as being at an inherent disadvantage in urban combat. In the 21st Century, however, the U.S. military must be prepared for urban combat in large, densely populated cities ...