The tank was known only as Object 279, one of those opaque Soviet designations that could mean just about anything. But just looking at the experimental Soviet heavy tank from the 1950s is enough to ...

Key Point: It didn’t make it to the battlefield. Enter the Object 279 tank, a curious oddity from the late 1950s which was obsolete — despite its design principles deliberately reflecting the fear of ...

Object 279 was a Soviet super heavy tank designed to operate on a nuclear battlefield. Its oval hull and four track suspension were intended to resist blast shockwaves and traverse extreme terrain.

Developed in the late 1950s, Object 279 was the Soviet Union’s answer to nuclear-age warfare. Designed to withstand shockwaves from distant atomic blasts and operate on soft, swampy terrain, this ...

These futuristic battle machines were supposed to change the face of warfare, yet never came into mass production, due to World War II. From 1925 until 1960, Soviet engineers experimented on various ...

Ever heard of a flying or hovering tank? What about a tank able to survive a nuclear blast? These over-ambitious projects were never realized, which may come as no surprise considering how ridiculous ...