The Panzer II was Germany’s light tank of the early Second World War, designed as both a training vehicle and a stopgap while larger models were developed. Armed with a 20mm cannon and light armor, it ...

At five o’clock in the morning on May 16, 1940 a company of the 8th Panzer Regiment lay in an ambush position along a rubble-strewn street of the French town of Stonne. The day before, the unfortunate ...

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...

Tanks were first invented in World War I, where they were envisioned as invincible land ships that could break the stalemate of trench warfare and lead to victory. Technological shortcomings meant ...