The Mephisto tank first arose as a sort of evolution of armored cars that were already starting to find a role in combat, like the British Royal Naval Air Service's Rolls Royce Ghosts of 1914. Such ...

But combat wasn’t the point, as the design served as a prototype for the follow-up Leichter Kampfwagen II — or LK II. This upgraded version weighed nearly nine tons due to its additional armor, around ...

The armoured behemoth is the only German tank to have emerged intact from the carnage of the Western Front and the Australian troops who seized it made sure to take personal mementos, stripping out ...