To be a great commander is to be a great leader. Tactical nous, charisma, receptiveness and all the other invaluable traits all largely boil down to one thing: The ability to see an issue or potential ...

September 15: The tank made its combat debut on this day in 1916 after the British Army deployed the revolutionary armoured fighting vehicle in France during the First World War. The Mark I, which was ...

The Mark IV tank, the first to be mass produced, entered service in 1917 [The Tank Museum] A newly-unearthed letter has revealed the courage of a World War One tank gunner during the final days of his ...

Key point: Tank usage in WWI outlined simple but useful lessons to military observers wise enough to pay attention, such as the impotence of machine-gun armed tanks versus cannon-armed vehicles and ...

Though World War II tanks like the American M4 Sherman and the British Churchill are well-known, it may surprise you to learn that the French company Renault is largely attributed with inspiring the ...

A newly-unearthed letter has revealed the courage of a World War One tank gunner during the final days of his life. L/Cpl G S Hopkins was in two tanks which were badly damaged by shells over the space ...