ROME — Italy is planning to buy 133 new German-built Leopard tanks and upgrade 125 of its ageing Ariete tanks as the Ukraine war brings high intensity land warfare back to Europe. Announcing the plan ...

On the morning of November 19, 1941, General John Scott Cockburn decided to launch his 22nd Armored Brigade into a frontal attack on the forces of the Italian 132nd Ariete Armored Division arrayed in ...

ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has signed a deal with Italy’s Leonardo to discuss the development and building of hundreds of new tanks and tracked fighting vehicles for Italy, weeks after European ...

ROME - Italy is considering using a European Union loan deal to pay for new tanks and armored vehicles supplied by Germany's Rheinmetall, a source has told Defense News. The money for Lynx vehicles ...

An Italian Army "Ariete" tank drives at the military trainings area in Grafenwoehr, near Eschenbach, southern Germany, on May 11, 2016, during the exercise "Strong Europe Tank Challenge 2016." (Photo ...

FILE PHOTO: Recruits of the Swiss army Tank School 21 perform an attack exercise with the Leopard 2 tank in Bure ROME (Reuters) -Italy is planning to buy German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to boost ...

Rumors have flown on social media speculating—based on fragmentary evidence—that Rome may be “secretly” delivering some of its retiring B1 Centauro tank-destroyers to Ukraine. These nimble ...

ROME - An Italian parliamentary committee approved on Tuesday a government plan worth some 8.2 billion euros ($8.86 billion) to buy new-generation tanks and revamp the army's ground forces, two ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Even good armor couldn’t reverse the fortunes of Mussolini’s Italy. On the morning of November 19, 1941, General John Scott Cockburn decided to launch his 22nd Armored ...

A Leopard 2A7 main battle tank of the German Armed Forces participates in an October 2016 exercise at the Bundeswehr training grounds near Bergen, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images) ...

ROME (Reuters) -Italy is planning to buy German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to boost its ground forces in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a defence undersecretary told parliament on ...