Key Points and Summary - The M551 Sheridan was a unique US Army light tank, officially an Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle, known for its amphibious capability and, most notably, its ...

Light tanks were often dismissed as undergunned and vulnerable, yet one design repeatedly proved its worth across multiple ...

A prototype of the M10 Booker, which is a tank whether the Army wants to admit it or not. (Courtesy of General Dynamics Land Systems) When the Army formally unveiled its new tank on June 8, the ...

It wasn't long after coming through victorious in the biggest conflict of all time — World War II — that the Soviet Union and the United States ceased being allies and instead engaged in a ...

The Army will not use the M10 Booker light tank after nearly a year of field tests. The decision to scrap the $436 million program is due to the tank's weight and ineffectiveness. The 82nd Airborne ...

When you say "tank," most would think of large lumbering beasts like the German Tiger tank or the Russian KV-1. However, military powers also extensively use small tanks like the American M3 Stuart ...

The combat vehicle is equipped with a 105mm M35 gun, a 0.50 caliber heavy machine gun, and a 7.62mm light machine gun. It weighs around 40 tons, can reach speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, and has an ...