Putting logs on tanks may seem like a strange idea, but during WWII, people had reasons to do so while believing there were benefits. But now we know the truth.

The Second World War relic was uncovered during work at Kazan National Research Technological University (KNITU), in the west of the vast country.

Richard von Rosen’s armored career stretched across several of World War II’s most demanding battlefields, from southern Russia to Normandy and Hungary. Rather than one famous engagement, his story ...