It wasn’t the biggest or the most advanced, but the T-34 changed everything on the Eastern Front. With its speed, armor, and raw reliability, it became the backbone of the Soviet war machine. We take ...

Russian tank markings: What do the ‘Z’ and other emblems on military vehicles mean The symbols are likely used to avoid the ‘risk of friendly fire’ Alisha Rahaman Sarkar ...

And here the protagonists were the tanks. Manchuria, China. Locals greet Soviet liberators after Japan’s surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, ending World War II in the Pacific. Source: Alexander ...

It was two years ago that the last reported Soviet T-34 tanks still in service made a return to the motherland. At the time, Laos had been believed to be the last operator of the World War II ...

T-34 is the third Russian film devoted to World War II-era tanks since 2012 -- but unlike its predecessors, 2012's White Tiger and last year's Tanks, it's proving a major hit with Russian audiences.

World War II German Field Marshall Ewald Von Kleist was more succinct. “The finest tank in the world,” is how he described the T-34. The origins of the T-34 are simple enough.