This interview was originally published on Defense Archives on May 9th, 2024. The 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine has sent global demand for arms skyrocketing...

Development work on the Wiesel began in 1969, when for the first time, tacticians and technicians of the West-German MOD and Heeresamt (Army Department)...

With more than a decade of service in sunny Portugal, the Army has been intending to upgrade its Leopard tanks for a few years...

Marder 2 1971 saw the introduction of the Marder AIFV into German service. But as the 1980’s started, new plans were drawn up for a...

As the Warsaw Pact's threat to western Europe became larger in the early 1950's, it was requested that West Germany re-establish a military. This...

HEMTT’s story begins in 1978, when the US army conducts a market survey as part of its HMTT (High Mobility Tactical Truck) program. This...