tanks

I recently completed a short story set during the battle of the Somme showing the first use of tanks in history (Shameless plug) and it got me thinking. Yes nearly fifty tanks was quite alot of a completely new type of vehicle to commit to a battle. But when they were finally used in 1916 only...

If a (mainly conventional, no nukes please) WWIII were to break out in the 80's, how would armored warfare evolve? We know that NATO's strategy in regards to armor was defensive and the WP's strategy is offensive, but when they clash, their strategies are bound to change and evolve with time and...

I have heard it both ways. But really how good was the Sherman tank?

So I have recently developed an interest in tanks. Started to play world of tanks a few months back and then wanted to know more about the machines I was playing, and by extension the nations and armies which built them. And I have noticed something which I find rather odd. With one very...