It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. THE Centurion tank, launched in 1945, is celebrating its 80th anniversary. The Centurion, a major engineering success for the British Army ...

Balmoral Tanks is expanding its production capabilities into the United States with the launch of its U.S. business and the opening of its 16,000-square-foot operations facility in Mentor this summer.

In 2024, Centurion introduced its Fe model as a way to get new customers into the Centurion lineup for a lower price, as well as to cater to legacy Centurion customers looking for a new model without ...

Since Russia widened its war on Ukraine 37 months ago, Russian forces have lost no fewer than 3,200 tanks in combat, according to an unofficial tally by the open-source analysts with the Oryx ...

For tankers, naming their tank — and stenciling it on the barrel — is a rite of passage, earned by hundreds of hours of training and teamwork. Though traditions vary, in most cases tanker ...

The Brits lost 14 tanks in only 15 minutes, according to Beaches of Normandy Tours. This and other incidents led the British army to outfit, as soon as 1945, new Centurion tanks with "boiling ...

The origin story of the Centurion – one of Britain's most important tanks and perhaps one of the most influential tank designs ever– goes all the way back to the Second World War.

Tanks are a staple of modern military imagery for most people. Hollywood portrays scenes of troops poking their heads out from the tops of metal monstrosities, sweeping through all obstacles with ...

The Centurion was Great Britain’s first armored war machine to fit the description of the main battle tank (MBT), which is basically defined as “a design concept that consists of an armoured ...

Tanks of 1973 The tanks that Israel used in 1973 would not have been out of place in 1943. The British-made Centurion was designed during World War II, while the US-made M48 Patton went into ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.