At the onset of the Second World War, German tanks were equipped with relatively modest 37mm main guns. By the final years of the conflict, their armor rolled into battle with 75, 88, even 122mm guns ...
The Schneider CA1 and the Saint-Chamont were the first tanks to mark a turning point in the conflict of the First World War. Charles de Gaulle had to fight to give a prominent place to this new weapon ...
American tanks in World War II were generally inferior to their German counterparts. German tanks boasted better armor protection and more firepower. But armor and lethality don’t tell the whole story ...