The Panzer tank family was at the heart of German operations throughout World War 2. The term “Panzer” refers to a series of ...
Few tanks in history cast a shadow like Germany’s Tiger and Panther, symbols of power and engineering brilliance in World War ...
As tank-destroyers were drawn increasingly into infantry support roles that exposed them to artillery and infantry fire, their crews piled sandbags on top of them in order to detonate Panzerfaust anti ...
The Allied invasion of Europe in June of 1944 saw troops embark on a campaign aimed at the very heart of Germany. The dense hedgerows of Normandy took longer to fight through than expected. Still, by ...
On June 13, 1944, in the French town of Villers-Bocage near Normandy, a German Tiger tank from the 2nd Company of the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion lay in wait. Commanded by Lieutenant Michael ...
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 ...