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 ...

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.

The Sherman was never meant to duel Tigers in open fields. Instead, it was designed to be reliable, easy to repair and light ...

This fellow W.E. Johns has got the Geekdad spirit. I bought a toy King Tiger for my 5-year old son (the only reason we men have kids is so we can play with their toys) and, well, I just "got to ...

A retiree built an eight-foot-long remote-control transporter lorry complete with a tank on it as his wife had taken up golf and he was “bored to tears”. Roland Hopper, 79, used the controls to drive ...

Key point: The Sherman tank was useful because it was reliable but it was also not the best technology had to offer. But armor and lethality don’t tell the whole story. The same American tanks were ...

John Tippins takes his nieces and daughter for an occasional ride on his farm in Ligonier -- on his tank. That 1944 M4A3 Sherman is now parked in front of the Heinz History Center in the Strip ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The U.S. did eventually field a new, heavier tank in early 1945. Sporting a 90-millimeter gun and thicker armor, the M-26 Pershing rectified many of the Sherman’s ...