When Essex engineer Roland Hopper retired he described himself as "bored to tears" and disappeared into his garden shed. Ten years later he had designed and built a highly-detailed model of a World ...

The M4 Sherman Tank is one of the most storied military machines in U.S. history, as it helped the Allies defeat the Axis powers during World War II. These tanks are commonly on display at military ...

Land combat in World War II was dominated by the tank. The role of these hefty vehicles changed somewhat as the war evolved, with new models being manufactured and their weapons and defenses evolving.