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Tank History, Technology & Games
A century of armored warfare, modern tank tech and digital tank culture in long-form articles. Every piece ends with a tactical run on TANK//LOCK to test what you just read.
SERIES · ECONOMICS
Tank Economics: What a Modern Tank Actually Costs
Unit prices for Abrams, Leopard 2, T-90M and friends — and why a $500 drone breaks the math.
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SERIES · MANUFACTURING
How a Tank Is Built
From rolled armor steel to a finished MBT — the nine production stages and why it takes months per tank.
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SERIES · INTERIORS
Inside a Tank: How Crews Actually Work
Cutaway tours of the Abrams, T-34 and Leopard 2 — what it looks, sounds and feels like inside a main battle tank.
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SERIES · NATIONAL SCHOOLS
How Different Nations Design Tanks
Why Russian tanks are smaller, why the Merkava's engine is in the front, why the Abrams uses a turbine — four major design schools, compared.
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SERIES · WAR MACHINES
2500 Years Before the Tank
Helepolis, Leonardo's 1487 armored car, war elephants, steam landships — the long lineage that ended in the Mark I. A 5-part series.
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HISTORY
A Century of Tanks: 1916 to Today
From the muddy Somme debut of the Mark I to the M1 Abrams and T-14 Armata — a hundred years of armored evolution.
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LEGENDARY TANKS
T-34: The Tank That Changed the War
Sloped armor, wide tracks, mass production — why the T-34 is the turning point of tank design.
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TECHNOLOGY
Tank Armor Systems: From RHA to Reactive
Composite, ERA, NERA, active protection — how a modern tank actually keeps itself alive.
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TECHNOLOGY
Fire Control Systems: Hitting on the Move
Laser rangefinders, ballistic computers, thermal optics — how a modern FCS works.
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GAMES
Best Browser Tank Games (2026 Guide)
From Atari Combat to TANK//LOCK — a short tour of arcade and tactical tank games you can play in a tab.
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