Sunday, June 18th, 1815. Napoleon's armies are in rout. The Seventh Coalition that rose against the would-be conqueror of Europe, or rather re-conqueror of Europe have ended Napoleon's stubborn ...

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Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...

Figure 1. General Creighton W. Abrams smoking a cigar. (Image retrieved from National Archives) Few military leaders have left a legacy so powerful that the Army engraved their name into its most ...

Despite the Abrams’ key capabilities, the older M1 models delivered to Ukraine have struggled to survive against Russia’s more advanced arsenal of anti-tank weaponry. A staggering 87 percent of ...

The M1 Abrams tank showed how strong and smart it was during Operation Desert Storm when U.S. tank crews destroyed enemy forces from afar very quickly. (34) U.S. allies like Poland, Egypt, and ...