During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these vehicles had the hull of a Sherman tank and a turret with a long-barrel cannon.

World War II produced some of the most famous armored vehicles in military history. Tanks became a central part of how armies fought, and certain designs quickly gained reputations among soldiers who ...

Thanks to a massive 90mm main gun, the M36 was one of the few American tank destroyers that could reliably engage any German armored vehicles, even at extreme distances. During the Second World War, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) - Two men killed by an explosion inside a tank-like armored fighting vehicle from World War Two were filming video of the weapon in action for a non-profit military ...

REESE, MI — In the new World War II film "Fury," Brad Pitt plays tank commander Wardaddy, leading his 5-man crew during the European conflict's final days in war-torn Germany. The struggles and ...

Inside a German WW2 Tank Destroyer with Historian James Holland' James Holland investigates the mighty 'Jagdpanther', a German tank destroyer of WWII. The German Jagdpanther armoured vehicle was ...

The German Army during the Second World War relied on a series of light armored vehicles armed with powerful anti-tank guns, ...

WAUSAU, Wis.—One can buy just about anything on the Internet—even a 1959 U.S. Army M56 tank destroyer once used in Vietnam. Ken Meyer, a retired deputy sheriff in northeast Wisconsin, has one for sale ...