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If a commander determines the threat from Ukrainian missiles is low and thus doesn’t expect his tanks to move, a solitary loader-gunner-commander might be the only crew.

The vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, or VBIED, didn't get very far. It apparently struck a mine then ate a Ukrainian anti-tank missile.

The defense ministry says that its forces remotely detonated a russian tank packed with explosives. cnn's senior international correspondent ben wedeman is live for us in zaporizhzhia in eastern ukraine. how did this all unfold? and do we think this is now a new tactic by the russians? >> reporter: alex, it's the first time the russians have done it. we don't know if it's going to be a tactic going forward. but what we understand from the defense ministry in russia is that that was a t-54 tank dating back to the years just after the second world war that was crammed with at least five tons of ...

The T-54 entered production in 1947, and over the next 15 years the Soviets built 83,500 of them, some of which are still in service.

These powerful weapon platforms fought on battlefields across the globe. Tanks have rolled across the battlefields of the world for more than 100 years, and since their introduction at the Battle of the Somme in 1916 the platform has changed the way armies could mount and conduct offensives. Despite that fact, the United States Marine Corps has retired its tanks, while the British Army has also scaled back its tank force—tanks will remain a critical component for militaries for decades to come.  And even as the debate over the “best” and even the “worst” is unlikely to be settled...