Today we are building Italeri’s impressive 1:35 scale T-34/85, a Soviet tank that became one of the most important armored vehicles of the Second World War. Throughout the build we take a close look ...

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.

World War II era experimentations with the likes of the huge Panzer VIII Maus, a 188-ton monstrosity that never made it past the prototype stage, made one thing quite clear: There's historically been ...