When Essex engineer Roland Hopper retired he described himself as "bored to tears" and disappeared into his garden shed. Ten years later he had designed and built a highly-detailed model of a World ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - When most people think about slowing down in their 90s, Gordon Azevedo is shifting gears—literally. The 96-year-old and his longtime friend, Mike Lopez, spent over a decade ...

Trying to remember the everyday American that it is a close friend of the US Army, and at the same time wanting to give them a little history lesson, American manufacturer GM announced on Wednesday ...

Sherman tanks would be an important part of the Allies' arsenal during World War II, a conflict that would be shaped by the use of tank tactics. The very first Shermans began to be manufactured for ...

Land combat in World War II was dominated by the tank. The role of these hefty vehicles changed somewhat as the war evolved, with new models being manufactured and their weapons and defenses evolving.