T57 heavy tank was an experimental heavy tank developed by the American military during the Cold War era as a further development of the M103 heavy tank...
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The M103 heavy tank (officially designated 120mm gun combat tank M103, initially T43) was a heavy tank that served in the United States Army and the United...
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The T32 heavy tank was a heavy tank project started by the United States Army to create an appropriate successor to the M4A3E2 Sherman "Jumbo". The US...
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& Whitney T57, an early turboprop engine Slingsby T.57, a replica Sopwith Camel biplane T57 heavy tank, an American experimental tank T57 Motor Gun Carriage...
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The 120 mm Gun Tank T110, known during early development as the TS-31, was a canceled heavy tank project which began in 1954. It was an attempt to replace...
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oscillating turret. It also ran parallel to the 120mm armed T57 and the 155 mm armed T58 Heavy Tank projects, both of which also featured autoloading systems...
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M4 Sherman (redirect from M4A3 Sherman tank)
most influential tank designs of the 20th century. Despite its limitations—such as relatively thin armor compared to German heavy tanks like the Tiger and...
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M3 Stuart (redirect from M5 light tank)
and was abandoned in February 1943. T57 gun motor carriage Variant of T56 with Continental engine of the Medium Tank M3. Also dropped in February 1943....
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M24 Chaffee (redirect from M-24 light tank)
tanks and the Soviet IS-3 heavy tank, in the Berlin Victory Parade in 1945. Pacific theater The (Light Tank) company, equipped with M24 Light Tanks,...
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M26 Pershing (redirect from Pershing tank)
The M26 Pershing is a heavy tank, later designated as a medium tank, formerly used by the United States Army. It was used in the last months of World...
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Marine Corps retired the last (M103) heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War, reaching a production...
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AMX-50 (category Heavy tanks of the Cold War)
heavy tank designed in the immediate post Second World War period. It was proposed as, in succession, the French medium, heavy, and main battle tank,...
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M48 Patton (redirect from M48 Patton tank)
example, the M103 Heavy Tank was redesignated as the 120 mm Gun Tank M103 and the Light Tank M41 Walker Bulldog as the 76 mm Gun Tank M41 Walker Bulldog...
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M1 Abrams (redirect from M1A1 Abrams tank)
The M1 Abrams (/ˈeɪbrəmz/) is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for...
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Oscillating turret (section Heavy tanks and the AMX-50)
T54E1 an oscillating turret. T57 Tank, Heavy, 120mm Gun – A single prototype was constructed in the 1950s on a M103 heavy tank chassis, with a 120 mm gun...
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intended as a cavalry tank to complement the existing M41 light tanks and to support the heavier and more-powerful M48 Patton medium tanks already in service...
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successful later in the war in their reconnaissance role, supported by heavier tanks. The development of the M41 Walker Bulldog began in 1947 to replace...
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M551 Sheridan (redirect from Sheridan tank)
(M103) heavy tank battalion, and the fielding of the new M60 series tank, the U.S. Army had adopted a main battle tank (MBT) doctrine; a single tank filling...
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The M2 light tank, officially Light Tank, M2, was an American light tank of the interwar period which saw limited service during World War II. The most...
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M46 Patton (category Cold War tanks of the United States)
Pershing tanks. Designed initially as a heavy tank, the M26 Pershing tank was reclassified as a medium tank after the war. The M26 was a significant...
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of the US Sherman tanks. Tank Mk V used by American Heavy Tank Battalion (the 301st) Mark VIII (International Tank / Liberty Tank) Ford Model 1918 3-ton...
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The T95 was an American prototype medium tank developed from 1955 to 1959. These tanks used many advanced or unusual features, such as siliceous-cored...
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collaborative effort to equip France, the UK and the US with a single heavy tank design. Production at a site in France was expected to take advantage...
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M22 Locust (redirect from Locust tank)
transport troops and heavy equipment, which by 1941 was to include artillery and some form of tank. Plans to transport an airborne tank went through a number...
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by the Pratt & Whitney T57 engine, a new turboprop in the 15,000 equivalent shaft horsepower (11,000 kilowatts) class. The T57 would be flight tested...
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M47 Patton (redirect from M47 Patton tank)
fielded M47s. But these were soon replaced with M48A1 Pattons and M103 heavy tanks, with the last M47s being retired in 1959. American Locomotive production...
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M60-2000 (redirect from M60-2000 Main Battle Tank)
protective depleted uranium (DU) meshing found in the M1A1HA (Heavy Armor) variant of the Abrams tank. The hull armor is conventional hardened steel. It was...
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cupola on the right side of the gun was occupied by the tank commander and was armed with a M2HB heavy machine gun. The gunner was located in the left cupola...
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M3 Lee (redirect from Grant tank)
The M3 Lee, officially Medium Tank, M3, was an American medium tank used during World War II. The turret was produced in two different forms, one for...
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M41 Walker Bulldog (redirect from M-41 tank)
The M41 Walker Bulldog, officially 76-mm gun tank M41, was an American light tank developed for armed reconnaissance purposes. It was produced by Cadillac...
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