In service with the Republic of Korea Army, Hyundai Rotem's K2 main battle tank, pictured above, is replacing ageing inventories of M48 Patton tanks and older models of the K1 MBT. (Janes/Kelvin Wong) ...

This episode examines the Patton tank paradox—the story of how the M46, M47, M48, and M60 “Patton” series bridged the gap between World War II armor and the modern main battle tank. We trace how ...

Seoul’s next-generation MBT evolved from the XK2 program in the early 1990s. South Korea before that time had relied heavily on foreign acquisitions to fulfill its defense needs. In the 1970s, Seoul ...

In the grand arsenal of American military power, some weapons capture the imagination—the sleek lines of a fighter jet, the silent menace of a nuclear submarine. Others simply do the hard work. For ...