The Leopard I was one of the most iconic tanks of the Cold War, with numerous variants developed for service outside of ...

TANKFEST 2025 is only a few days away, and the most anticipated guest at this year’s event has arrived at the Tank Museum.

Today in War History · 1582, Battle of Yamazaki · 1900, First Zeppelin flight · 1916, Hans-Ulrich Rudel is born · 1961, Ernest Hemingway dies · 1976, End of South Vietnam · 1973, Ferdinand Schörner ...

Several big-name actors served in World War II – Clark Gable, James “Jimmy” Stewart, David Niven, Henry Fonda, etc. – risking their lives in Europe and the Pacific. Some put their Hollywood careers on ...

A famous Hollywood star of the 1940s, through to the ’80s, David Niven featured in numerous popular films, even taking on the role of James Bond. An actor by trade, when the Second World War broke out ...

The CIA believed the Soviets were looking into harnessing ESP for their espionage efforts. (Photo Credit: KEYSTONE-FRANCE / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images) Project Stargate was a multimillion-dollar ...

Left: US bombers dropping bombs on North Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder. Right: The French Naval Air Force drops napalm over Viet Minh guerrilla positions during an ambush (December 1953).

The design of Pigeon Lofts changed over the course of the war. The Pigeon Loft was never intended to be used on the battlefield. Once the conflict started, the vehicles were moved from the streets of ...

With constant redesigning, adaptation and modifications, the Su-27 became one of the finest air-superiority platforms of the 20th century and is still in service today. Early production of the Sukhoi ...

The Nazi gold train In March 1945, the Nazis set off from the city of Goerlitz with a convoy of artwork from a museum and treasures from Russia’s Amber Room. Legend has it that as the war drew to a ...

Photo Credit: The Tank Museum / Provided The Charioteer was a desperate stop-gap solution to a lack of firepower in the British Army’s tank force at the beginning of the Cold War. By 1951, it became ...

5.56 x 45 mm vs 7.62 x 39 mm; when it comes to ammunition, these two cartridges are among the most prolific and well-known. They’re used throughout the globe by a number of military forces who rely on ...