The Civil War ironclad USS Monitor’s revolving gun turret can typically be found submerged inside a 90,000-gallon tank at The Mariners’ Museum and Park in Newport News. The tank was recently … ...

The Mariners’ Museum On certain days, the turret tank is drained so conservators are able to work inside it. Treatment includes removing interior plating, cleaning and stabilization. Library of ...

Whether it's mounted on a main battle tank or a nimble infantry fighting vehicle, the turret is now a platform for decision-making as much as it is for destruction. Much of this stems from ...

The turret arrived August 10 at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, Virginia, where all of the artifacts recovered from the Monitor are undergoing conservation, and was immediately immersed in ...

“I practically levitated yesterday,” Sullivan said. The turret is usually submerged in a 90,000-gallon treatment tank.

New tank/drone turret.A tank is a moving armored box designed to cause some pain. These tracked armored beasts of war are almost a century old, with the basic form more or less solidified by the ...

What could possibly go wrong for a tank powered by and outfitted with its own nuclear reactor? Chrysler sought to find out.

The catastrophic losses are the side-effect of a calculated design decision. When hit, Russian tanks are liable to explode, often throwing the turret some distance due to a specific design feature.

Putin claims the T-90M "Breakthrough" is the best tank in the world. But a bug causes the turret to spin uncontrollably when the tank is hit, putting it out of action.