When a tank comes with built-in adjectives like "super" and "heavy," the name speaks for itself. However, the fear such a title could strike into soldiers' hearts never was, as only two prototypes ...

With the surprise deployment of Germany's new heavy tank, the Tiger II, featuring its massive 88mm gun, the United States ...

Rushed into service to combat the latest Soviet heavies, the Conqueror was a revolutionary heavy tank that had a lasting impact on tank design in Britain and around the world. Plagued by issues ...

and the Conqueror continued early into the Cold War. However, the heavy tank class was subsumed by the main battle tank, much like medium and light tanks. Super-heavy tanks are relics of history ...

The Conqueror heavy tank’s origin story lies in the aftermath of the Second World War. Immediately after the surrender of Germany, the Soviet Union unveiled the powerful IS-3 heavy tank ...

Despite arriving too late for service in World War II, however, the IS-3 saw combat elsewhere, as the Soviet Union exported the heavy tank to allied or client states particularly in the Middle East.