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

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Left: US bombers dropping bombs on North Vietnam during Operation Rolling Thunder. Right: The French Naval Air Force drops napalm over Viet Minh guerrilla positions during an ambush (December 1953).

M18 recoilless rifle. (Photo Credit: Alf van Beem / Wikimedia Commons CC0 1.0) As the US Army’s Artillery Section worked on a 105 mm recoilless cannon based upon captured German 10.5 cm Leichtgeschütz ...

The design of Pigeon Lofts changed over the course of the war. The Pigeon Loft was never intended to be used on the battlefield. Once the conflict started, the vehicles were moved from the streets of ...

British soldiers during tests to develop better protection against gas attacks, 1917. (Photo Credit: Daily Mirror / Mirrorpix / Getty Images) The Canadians were positioned in the Ypres Salient, with ...

The beginnings of the Gulf War. In January 1991, Operation Desert Shield gave way to Operation Desert Storm with intense aerial bombings in Iraq. The United States, along with a coalition of 35 other ...

The No1 Lincoln Machine, with lengthened Bullock tracks and Creeping Grip tractor suspension, September 1915 (Wikipedia / Public Domain) Britain’s Little Willie claims the title of the world’s oldest ...

The US Army was officially founded on June 14, 1775. Just a few months later, the Cavalry Scouts were created. These soldiers have played an important role in every conflict the United States has been ...

Ultimately, the F-117 was not equipped for success if it found itself in a dogfight. Gen. Robert J. Dixon, who served at Tactical Air Command, explained the reason for the “F” designation was to ...

Combat during the First World War was unlike anything armies had ever seen before, due to the advent of tanks and new, more effective weapons. One of the most lethal was poison gas, which floated ...

The Sukhoi Su-27, nicknamed the “Flanker” by NATO, is a Soviet-made aircraft that has withstood the test of time and continues to perform in almost all aerial warfare operations.The Su-27 was designed ...