The JSDF was uncommonly forward-thinking when it appreciated that a traditionally high-value asset—its main battle tanks—were expensive to maintain yet unlikely to be useable in many plausible ...

Under the cover of darkness on the night of June 16, 1944, almost 40 tanks of the Japanese 9th Tank Regiment moved into position on Saipan. Their objective was to surprise and overrun the 2nd Marine ...

For all their firepower, defensive utility, and all-around menacing power on the battlefield, tanks have some debilitating weaknesses. For one thing, the maintenance and supplies required by a large ...