Weapons developments out of Ukraine come quick and often sudden. Case in point a Ukrainian Leopard 2 that has appeared in the field sporting an outer crust of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. This article is more than 2 years old. AUGUSTDORF, GERMANY - ...

A Russian artillery strike on a Ukrainian vehicle column during a daytime assault on or around the town of Novopokrovka—35 miles southeast of Zaporizhzhia city in southern Ukraine—apparently knocked ...

A Leopard 2 main battle tank carries out maneuvers during a visit by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to the Bundeswehr's Panzerbataillon 203 tank squadron on Feb. 1, 2023, in Augustdorf, ...

The satellite image and screenshots of Youtube clips show the Uralvagonzavod tank factory in Russia, which received a captured Leopard 2 tank. (Base image: Middlebury Institute of International ...

Ever since tanks first arrived on the battlefield in World War I, well over a century ago, tracked armored combat vehicles have been a necessity in combat, even now in the age of drones and cyber ...

There are many ways to measure the effectiveness of a tank. There’s its top speed, its armor, the range and power of its main gun. And then there’s how well a tank can balance a glass of beer.

Article Summary - Germany’s new Leopard 2A8 main battle tank is the next evolution of the widely used Leopard 2, redesigned for a battlefield dominated by drones, missiles, and precision artillery.

Despite being designed in the 1970s, the Leopard 2 battle tank is still widely in use today and plays a pivotal role in major international wars and other conflicts. There's a good reason for its ...

Since being introduced into service with the West German military in 1979, the Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) has earned significant praise as one of the best in the world. As the successor to the ...

Even as the U.S. and its NATO allies announced package after package of military aid to Ukraine, full of military vehicles, air defense systems, rockets and missiles, the West for months seemed to ...