The first post-war Soviet tank J. Żołnierkiewicz / Wikimedia Commons The T-54 was one of the first post-war Soviet tank designs, alongside the IS-4, which was also produced around the same period.

The Soviet's Decade-long Quest for a Laser-armed Tank Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia Commons The 1K17 was one of the many prototypes the Soviet Union built in its quest for a "Self-propelled Laser ...

Famously, the first vehicle built by the new Soviet Tank Bureau, the T-18 derived from the French Renault FT light tank, sported an engine with a paltry 35 horsepower.

The tanks are T-55s, a model first commissioned by the Soviet Union’s Red Army in 1948, shortly after the end of World War II. They’re so old, you can find them in museums.

The largest tank battle in history , the Battle of Kursk, involved an estimated 10,613 tanks — 3,253 German tanks and 7,360 Soviet Union tanks. This conflict turned the tide on the eastern front.