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 ...

Object 279 was one of the strangest heavy tanks of the Cold War, built around an unusual four track layout and a rounded armored hull shaped to resist blast shockwaves. It was designed to cross swamps ...