In the years since World War II, much mythmaking has mucked up history with various often incredible claims about the effectiveness of certain weapons. And no country’s wartime record is more muddled ...

Key Point: Heavy tanks like the King Tiger proved a dead end. After 1945, nations switched to building main battle tanks that had sufficient firepower and armor to breach enemy defenses, like heavy ...

Key Points - The German King Tiger (Tiger II) was one of the most powerful and feared heavy tanks of World War II. -Introduced in 1944, it boasted incredibly thick, sloped frontal armor that was ...

FULL, Switzerland (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second driveable ...

Nazi Germany’s Tiger is arguably the most famous tank of World War II. With its thick armor and devastating 88-millimeter gun, the Mark VI—or Tiger I—soon earned a devastating reputation on the ...

The original Tiger 131, the world's last working Tiger I tank, features in the film "Fury." The upcoming World War II film "Fury" puts tank warfare front and center in a depiction of the final Allied ...

The lump of metal was found in a wheel of the German tank during work to keep it in running order A chunk of shrapnel left wedged in the world's only running World War Two Tiger I tank for more than ...

FULL, Switzerland, March 31 (Reuters) - A Swiss museum is restoring a rare King Tiger tank used by Nazi Germany's 506th Heavy Tank Battalion on the Western Front and hopes it will become the second ...