Join us as we delve into the intense and lesser-known battle of Peleliu, where Japanese tanks played a pivotal role in the fiercely fought counteroffensive. Discover the strategic maneuvers, ...

Japanese tanks during a live-fire exercise at the foot of Mount Fuji, August 22, 2019. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Japan built a large and capable armored force to counter the Soviets during the Cold ...

In the early 1900s, Japan gradually began modernizing its Imperial Army to keep up with the wartime advancements of other world powers like the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. One of the major ...

When one looks for the worst tank to have ever existed, there are, surprisingly, a vast many options to choose from. We all think of the tank as the armored beast that crushes any who challenge it. In ...

This Japanese tank can be seen as a medium tank, rather than a true main battle tank. It was designed with asymmetric warfare in mind. It lacks thick armor, which is present on modern main battle ...

An April 18 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a series of clips depicting soldiers in action and military equipment on the move. "Japan Has Warned Russia for the Last Time: Japanese ...

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 ...

The Air Force has located two external fuel tanks that reportedly fell from an F-16 fighter onto a coastal town in northeastern Japan earlier this week, according to a statement Thursday from Misawa ...

Japan built a large and capable armored force to counter the Soviets during the Cold War. But a rising China poses a new challenge, and Japan is changing how it designs and uses its armor. See more ...