In the years since World War II, much mythmaking has mucked up history with various often incredible claims about the effectiveness of certain weapons. And no country’s wartime record is more muddled ...

FULL, Switzerland, March 31 (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second ...

Tiger 231 was an impenetrable war machine from World War II that stood on the battlefield with multiple system failures and managed to retreat 37 miles on its own power. The story is as much about the ...

The Second World War resulted in the production of some pretty legendary tanks, on the Allied and Axis sides alike. The U.S. had the famous M4 Sherman. Great Britain had its Churchill tank series – ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses, like heavy ...

In 1942, a new predator arrived on the front lines, striking fear into the hearts of Allied tank crews. The German Tiger I wasn't just a tank—it was a rolling fortress with an 88mm gun that could kill ...

The original Tiger 131, the world's last working Tiger I tank, features in the film "Fury." The upcoming World War II film "Fury" puts tank warfare front and center in a depiction of the final Allied ...

FULL, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable ...