Category: British Tanks
Risk Taking Gone Wrong – Tank vs Bridge Edition
Tanks are one of the most formidable forces on the battlefield. They are designed to be resistant against small arms fire, powerful anti-tank weapons and…
Incredible – World War II Guns, Tanks and More Relics Found In Iraq (Watch)
Imagine yourself as a modern soldier in Iraq, armed with the latest weapons, night vision, thermal optics, backed by jets, helicopters and main battle tanks,…
WW2 British Tanks in Over 100 Images
In the interwar period between WWI and WW2, the British had developed their tank doctrine that would be used in future combat. This involved three…
The British Universal Carrier – Even Used by the Germans!
The Universal Carrier started out in the 1930s as a development by Vickers-Armstrongs to provide a lightweight, highly mobile tracked vehicle capable of carrying a…
Iconic Rolls Royce Armoured Car turns 100 years old
The Tank Museum’s oldest running vehicle, the Rolls Royce Armoured Car, turns 100 this week. The Rolls Royce Armoured Car, which has been used to…
Scottish Soldier Single-Handedly Defeated 23,000 German Soldiers
Tommy Macpherson was one of the most feared soldiers in the British army to the point that the Germans put a 300,000 Franc bounty on…
Irish Tank Kamikaze Took on a King Tiger & Won
John Gorman joined up in 1942 and became a Lieutenant in the Irish Guards Armoured Division, 2nd Armoured Battalion. Following hot on the heels of…
British Army Not Scrapping Tanks Per Defense Secretary
A report by the London Times that the British army is getting rid of all of its tanks has the defense secretary, Ben Wallace, clarifying…
The Tank Museum Awarded $1,000,000 as Part of the UK’s Government’s Culture Recovery Fund
The grant, issued by the Department of Culture Media and Sport through Arts Council England, will ensure the world-famous Dorset charity can weather the immediate…
Famous ‘US’ D-Day Embarkation Town, Councillor Wants Parade Vehicles to Cut Emissions
US troops arrived in Dorset in the summer of 1943 from Africa and Sicily and basically took over the county. They spent almost a year…
A Charity Needs Volunteers to Help Restore a Conqueror
The Soldier On! Charity is offering six people on the Isle of Wight the opportunity to help restore a Cold War-era Conqueror tank. The tank…
Tanks ‘could be scrapped’ in Bizarre Overhaul of UK Armed Forces
A source within the British government has stated that the government is aware that bold choices need to be made when determining how to ration…