It might help to think that if U.S. President Donald Trump hadn’t introduced tariffs, his other policies could have also ...

Our data shows defense buyers, treasury auditors, and industry analysts track military drone cost lines because long-range ...

Russia has tripled the production of its most advanced operational tank, the T-90M “Proryv,” with output from the ...

The AbramsX, a next-generation main battle tank concept from General Dynamics, aims to answer the question of whether tanks ...

However, not everyone knows that the most famous Soviet combat vehicle had a rare modification the T-34-57 called the “tank exterminator”. In 1941, only ten T-34 tanks with a 57-mm gun were made.

Russia’s five-million-dollar T-90M tank on parade during a drive by through Moscow’s Red Square in 2022. Image published by Russian state media. In another battlefield incident not helpful for Kremlin ...

The T-34 was one of the most successful tank designs of World War II. Over 84,000 were manufactured, 57,000 by the end of the war, and the rest from 1946-58. The first versions had a 76.2mm gun, but ...

The fact that they share the battlespace with antiquated T-55s, T-62s, and T-72s, all of which belong in museums — like the far more successful T-34 — shows how unreliable Russia's modern T-90 is.

Nevertheless, the end of the war in 1945 didn't put an end to tank development. Although it was the highly successful T-34 that led the Soviet Union to Berlin, it was outdated by this time.

The T-34/85 boasted a heavier 85-millimeter gun which also had a deadlier anti-personnel blast effect. This was combined with a fifth crew member and a more heavily armored turret.

The T-34’s treads, however, lowered ground pressure and more effectively supported the tank’s weight. Weapons-wise, the T-34 sported a 76.2mm gun, often referred to as the T-34/76.

A Soviet T-34 tank rolls during the Victory Day Red Square Parade on May 9, 2023 in Moscow, Russia. Moscow marks Victory Day with a parade after a new wave of strikes across Ukraine.