The Firefly was the few Allied tanks present at Normandy that had enough power to penetrate the notoriously thick German Tiger I tank's armor. The Firefly was primarily used by Britain and Canada ...

Tiger tanks were known in German as the Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf. E. They had 100mm thick armor at the front, an 88mm anti-tank gun (1,000-meter range), and a powerful engine. 1,837 Tiger ...

Dickie Attenborough’s all-star film of the Allies’ great folly went to great lengths to do right by history. But he had a ...

The rugged T-34 tank was no doubt an impressive Soviet invention, the backbone of the Red Army. But Soviet troops were outgunned at Kursk by the heavy German Tiger tank, clad in 12cm-thick (4.7 ...

By World War II, tank armor had evolved and increased in thickness. The German Tiger I tank had massive 100mm thick armor, providing immense protection for its crew. Tank armor would move beyond ...

The Soviets wanted to over-awe NATO opponents on the battlefield with a “super tank.” Think of the intimidation factor of the huge German Tiger tank in World War Two. Other Soviet armor such ...

How a new piece of music, written especially in honour of King Charles this year, came to be named after a piece of North Kilkenny is curious. In fact, it is named after a famous battle tank that in ...

All teams are required to be present (on-site) at the event to participate. The Fall 2022 & Spring 2023 Tiger Tank was combined into a year long competition where teams had up to 6 changes to qualify ...

A week after D-Day, he was injured when a column of British tanks was caught in a surprise attack by five German Tiger tanks outside the village of Villers-Bocage. Mr Marshall was a gunner in a ...

The fuel tank is beautiful ... Unfortunately, the Tiger 80 was a short-lived bike: A German air raid took out the Coventry, U.K. factory in 1940, destroying most of the company's records and ...

The militant group targeted areas in Israel farther south than most of its previous attacks, reinforcing fears of broader regional conflict. For Middle Eastern Foes, Diplomacy Takes a Back Seat to ...

There’s a scene two hours into A Bridge Too Far – Richard Attenborough’s epic recreation of the doomed Operation Market Garden – in which a lone German ... and real tanks on the Wilhelmina ...