Whilst many people use their basements to store their collectables - rare vinyl perhaps, a model train set - one 78-year-old German man has pushed domestic subterranean storage to the limit after it ...
Developed in panic after the shock of Soviet T-34s in 1941, the Panzer V Panther became one of the most powerful and controversial tanks of World War II. Rushed into service without proper testing, ...
The trial of an 84-year-old German man and his collection of WWII artillery has come to an end. The man, who was not named as a result of German privacy laws, has been handed a suspended 14-month ...
If there’s a piece of you, no matter how small, that is wondering if you can get away with hiding a World War II-era tank in your home, might we suggest that you don’t? An 84-year-old man in Germany ...
In September 1944, thick fog blanketed French farmland near Arracourt—turning World War II into a deadly close-range tank ...
The history of the tank is long and storied. From the Sherman tanks and Panzers of WWII to the M-1 Abrams and T-90s of today, the development of tank technology has been steady and competitive. Bigger ...
Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X John DeRiggi Jr.’s father has always been his hero. On Wednesday, the government made it official.
In this March 30, 2019, photo, Cpl. Clarence Smoyer settles into a tank as volunteer historical re-enactors roll through lower downtown Denver as part of a ceremony to honor Smoyer, who served with ...
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities seized a 45-ton Panther tank, a flak cannon and multiple other World War II-era military weapons in a raid on a 78-year-old collector’s home in northern Germany, prosecutors ...
As a result, half of the battalions converted to towed, 76-millimeter M5 guns similar in effectiveness to the M10’s own gun. These supplemented the companies of lighter 57-millimeter guns integrated ...
The German Panther tank was intended as a counter to the Soviet T-34 and as a replacement for the Panzer III and Panzer IV. It was considered one of the best tanks of World War II due its excellent ...
The tank-destroyer force was the Army’s response to the wild successes of German armor in Poland and France in 1939 and 1940. Panzer divisions would concentrate more than a hundred tanks on a narrow ...