David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Desperate to make good the loss of around 2,000 tanks in the first year of its wider war on Ukraine, Russia has begun pulling out of ...

Amid Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive, Russia is packing old, dilapidated tanks with explosives and sending them on one-way trips toward the Ukrainian front lines as lumbering vehicle-borne ...

The Soviet-designed T-55 is one of the most widely produced tanks in history. This episode explains why many countries continue upgrading and operating the vehicle despite its age. The video examines ...

Online photos suggest a Russian T-55AM with add-on armor and a “cope cage” at a unit-linked repair site, pointing to renewed ...

Well, that's one way to use an obsolete tank. On or before Sunday, Russian forces near Marinka, in southeastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, packed what appeared to be a 70-year-old T-54 or T-55 tank ...

A video purportedly showing old Russian tanks being transferred by train to battle across southwest Russia has drawn the attention of locals. The footage, posted on Twitter by Estonian war blogger ...

In a chilling military maneuver that stunned analysts, drone footage posted in June 2023 captured a 70-year-old Russian T-54 or T-55 tank slowly creeping toward Ukrainian defenses. This weathered ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The T-54/55 continues to serve in active duty or in the reserve inventories of many countries around the world, especially among state and non-state actors that do ...

Key Point: The T-54/55 continues to serve in active duty to this day. The most-produced tank in military history. Perhaps one of the most battle-tested tanks ever. Nearly 70 years of service and no ...

A drunk driver was arrested last week for maneuvering a tank through the streets of Pajęczno, Poland. The vehicle, a Soviet T-55 tank that's at least 60 years old, belonged to the Polish military. But ...