The Yak-9 performed more anti-tank missions, in particular, the Yak-9T variant with a 37mm cannon, in this case the ...

Let us paint the scene for you. The day is September 1st, 1939, in the Soviet Union, and you're a middle-management engineer working at the Kharkiv Locomotive Factory in Ukraine. While a particular ...

Key Points and Summary - The T-80 main battle tank, once a feared Soviet spearhead, has proven to be a "rolling coffin" in Ukraine, with over 1,200 Russian losses documented by Oryx. -Its failure is ...

The First World War brought upon many technological advancements that changed warfare forever, from fighter planes that took the war to the skies to chemical weapons to the introduction of armored ...

The Mephisto tank first arose as a sort of evolution of armored cars that were already starting to find a role in combat, like the British Royal Naval Air Service's Rolls Royce Ghosts of 1914. Such ...

Tanks wrought massive carnage in the Second World War, and stopping these tracked monsters from the air was a tough task. It demanded flying low, avoiding or surviving getting shot, and having a big ...