At the start of World War II, most tanks carried short, low velocity guns designed mainly to support infantry rather than destroy enemy armor. That changed when the Soviet T-34 appeared with a ...
In WWII, the 75mm tank gun became the gold standard for destroying enemy armor. But between the German KwK 40, the American M3, and the British QF 75mm, each country developed a different approach.
Long before the well-engineered M1 Abrams, tanks were used in warfare as far back as 1915 in the first half of WWI. By the time the Second World War commenced in 1939, they had evolved into a ...