It took nearly 75 years, but World War II veteran Clarence Smoyer, 95, finally received the Bronze Star Medal on Wednesday for his heroic actions that helped destroy a German tank and take the crucial ...
The most common American armored vehicle during World War II was the M4 Sherman. It was a good tank with decent armor and firepower capable of facing contemporary tanks like the German Panzer III and ...
The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...
In the closing chapters of World War II, two tanks faced off that would come to define postwar armored doctrine—the American M26 Pershing and the Soviet T-34-85. Though they rarely clashed directly, ...
When American crews first met the Panther in Normandy, they knew the score. Their 75 mm Shermans could kill it from the side. Sometimes, at close range, they could even punch through frontally if they ...
From the mass-produced M4 Sherman to the powerful M26 Pershing, U.S. armor provided the firepower and mobility that would be reflected in tank warfare down through the years Are you ahead, or behind ...