Javelin anti-tank missiles, HIMARS rocket systems and Turkish-designed Bayraktar TB2 drones have been used by Ukraine to devastating effect, helping to change the course of its war with Russia.

Home; Digest; in depth The weapons helping Ukraine fight back. From rocket launchers to Leopard 2 tanks, a closer look at the weapons and systems Ukraine has used to keep Russia at bay ...

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Ukraine’s military fought back with the equipment it had on hand: Soviet-era aircraft, tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery, and a ...

Born on the battlefields of World War II, this tank-destroying invention proved so effective that it’s still in service nearly a century later. From ambushes in Europe to conflicts around the ...

This is a light, mobile, dependable weapon with a rapid rate of fire (10-15 rounds a minute). It was the most used artillery weapon of World War II, can lob its shells as far as 12,500 yards.

The US Army is developing a smart anti-tank mine that detects the sounds of enemy vehicles and then destroys them with an armor-piercing slug. Gone are the World War II-era buried mines that ...

The Ukraine Defense Contact Group has delivered over 230 tanks and 1,550 armored vehicles in recent months. via REUTERS. The influx of weapons and training for Ukraine is coming as Russia makes ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology. She ...

From the Blitzkrieg to the Eastern Front, tanks were vital tools of conquest—for good or evil. These five WWII tanks packed the biggest punch.