The most important new weapon was a machine that was initially called His Majesty's Land Ship. The tank was designed to withstand machine-gun fire and break through trench defences. Horace Leslie ...

The vessel was expected to carry some three Abrams M1A1 tanks ... with new land assault vehicles, unmanned craft and long-range missiles, these small, handy, flat-bottomed ships may have more ...

as it said missiles had also hit two of Russia's large landing ships in the annexed Crimean peninsula. Russia has lost a total of 6,876 tanks since the outbreak of all-out war in February 2022 ...