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

Centurion at the Tank Museum. (Photo Credit: The Tank Museum / Provided) The origins of the Centurion date back to 1940-42, when the British Army was fighting in North Africa. As the Tank Museum ...

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 ...

The US Army has begun fielding its replacement for the 1990s-era M4 Carbine, marking a major step in the evolution of infantry weaponry. Developed under the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) Program ...

The HMS Glowworm (H92) may have been lost early in the Second World War, but that doesn’t mean the British destroyer didn’t play an important role in the conflict. Going head-to-head with the ...

Did you know the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) constructed a Japanese warship in the middle of the California desert during the Second World War? The Muroc Maru – officially “AAF Temporary Building ...

The future King George VI – then known as Prince Albert – served in the First World War, an experience that would later influence his leadership during World War II. As a young naval officer, he ...

In the midst of the Cold War, the United States came together with countries around the world to research one of the most remote areas of the world: Antarctica. Codenamed Operation Deep Freeze, the ...

Artifacts found at the site of the Roman-era wall in the Dossone della Melia forest, in the Calabria region of southern Italy. (Photo Credit: University of Kentucky Research / News Release) Other ...

When discussing military aircraft, much of the conversation centers around fighters and bombers. However, there’s a category that is deserving of more recognition: military cargo aircraft. These ...

Glock switches and switch lifts seized by the ATF, 2023. (Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) Leon was ...