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 The Library of Congress has digitized many great photos of the US Tank manufacturing capabilities during WWII. The Chrysler Tank Arsenal in Detroit manufactured the M-3 and M-4 tanks in its facilities.
To the left is a 28 ton Press with a working power of 450 tons to stamp out quarter inch steel floor plates for the M-3 Tank. These photos are in the public domain, and prints can be ordered from the Library of Congress. If you would like to ..read more  The Renault FT-17 tank used in the MCTA logo is a French Light Tank created in 1917 and one of the most revolutionaary and influential tank designs in history. It was the first tank with a fully rotational turret, engine in the rear and driver in the front which would become the conventional configuration of Modern Tanks today.
The US built 1200 of the FT-17 tanks as the 6 1/2 ton M1917 light tank with a maximum speed of 5.5 miles per hour, ..read more  Marine Corps Tank Battles in Vietnam
Author: Oscar Gilbert
Hardback – 304 pages
Publisher: Casemate
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-932033-66-3
Introduction
There are some people that think of the Vietnam War, many of whom would have no idea if there were any Marine tanks employed in country. Many higher-ranking officials were under the impression that Vietnam was not Tank country, this being mainly true but due to the dedication, loyalty and ingenuity of those Marine tankers deployed in country they overcome the skeptics and battled on through ..read more
A restored Jagdpanther firing it’s main gun. The Jagdpanther was a tank destroyer built by Nazi Germany during WWII and based on the Panther Tank. Considered by many to be one of the best tank destroyers of the Second World War, the Jagdpanther wielded a 88 mm Pak 43 gun. More information on this tank can be found here.
More video of the tank above.
Video footage of the Abrams M1 Tank in training and battle.
The Abrams is the US’s main battle tank, and arguably the best of it’s type in the world. With its sophisticated electronics and 120mm smoothbore main gun, it is capable of a 95% hit rate at distances of over 4km. It is powered by a 1500hp gas turbine, it is protected by state-of-the-art armour which can incorporate depleted uranium. |
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