While most tanks mount their turret in the center for balance, visibility, and drivetrain simplicity, some designs experiment ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The Merkava’s unusual layout places the tank’s engine in the front. This means there is an extra block of armor between the tank’s crew and any incoming projectile.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The Merkava tank is an icon of Israel’s IDF. The Merkava tank is sometimes called the most survivable tank in the world. The reasons given usually include its active ...

A tank turret is the brain and brawn of an armored fighting vehicle, housing its most critical functions: the main gun, targeting systems, and a complement of crew. From the outside, it might seem ...

Russian armor suffers from a design flaw that makes them susceptible to losing their tops in direct hits — a well-documented flaw Ukrainian troops are taking advantage of to smolder enemy forces. The ...

Russian tanks have a design flaw making them susceptible to being decapitated in Ukrainian attacks, CNN reported. Unlike Western tanks, Russian ones carry multiple shells of ammunition in their ...

Russian tanks with their tops blown off are just the latest sign that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine isn’t going to plan. Hundreds of Russian tanks are thought to have been destroyed since Moscow ...

I've seen many a picture of a burned out Russian tank that has its turret blown off. Why is that happening? There are two reasons. First is the design of Russian tanks. They have a crew of three ...

Tanks have been a part of modern warfare for over 100 years, as the mechanical beast made its appearance during the First ...