In 1914, during the start of World War 1, French engineer Louis Boirault created one of the strangest-looking military vehicles of all time with the invention of the Boirault Machine. This bizarre ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Thankfully for French forces, the Boirault model never saw combat. The brutal trench warfare during the First World War proved to be fertile ground for new technology, ...

Tanks are a staple of ground warfare. Militaries around the world deploy a wide range of tanks, but typically they conform to some basic principals. In nearly all of them, a large turret sits on top ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: France had a lot to learn from its early failures. The brutal trench warfare during the First World War proved to be fertile ground for new technology, and fundamentally ...

Before tanks became symbols of mechanized warfare, inventors experimented with radical concepts. The Boirault Machine was one of the strangest early attempts to break trench deadlock. Its unusual ...

Tanks are a staple of ground warfare. Militaries around the world deploy a wide range of tanks, but typically they conform to some basic principals. In nearly all of them, a large turret sits on top ...