United States Tank Development

By rklotus
  • learnado da vinci's tank design
    Jan 1, 1487

    learnado da vinci's tank design

    This tank design would have been made had they had the technology
  • Ford 3 ton M1918

    Ford 3 ton M1918

    lighter tank made for two men with one gun. Msx speed 8mph
  • six ton M1917

    six ton M1917

    Small two man tank mass produced for US Army
  • Mark VIII or lIberty

    Mark VIII or lIberty

    Never saw combat but put in Battlion just in case if needed
  • M1 Combat Car

    M1 Combat Car

    Used by US Calvary in 1930s with a crew of 4 people
  • M3 Stuart

    M3 Stuart

    The Stuart was the first American crewed tank in WWII. A tank driver called it the "Honey" unofficial nickname
  • M3 Grant

    M3 Grant

    withdrawn from WWII due to design and replaced by Sherman
  • M2 light tank (Mae West)

    M2 light tank (Mae West)

    used by Marines.The troops gave the tank the nickname "Mae West" because of the double turrets
  • M22 locust

    M22 locust

    Due to mechanical problems it never made it to combat.
  • M4 Sherman

    M4 Sherman

    longest used armored combat vehicle. first with 75mm gun
  • Light Tank M24

    Light Tank M24

    used in the Battle of the Bulge
  • M18 Hellcat

    M18 Hellcat

    main tank destroyer in WWII for US
  • M26 Pershing

    M26 Pershing

    first operational heavy tank. 90 mm gun. used in WWII and Korean War.
  • M46 Patton

    M46 Patton

    replaced in Pershing and Sherman. used in Korean War.
  • M48 patton

    M48 patton

    main battle tank by the marines
  • M41 Bulldog

    M41 Bulldog

    replaced the M24. It was agile but noisy and too heavy for air transport.
  • T92 light tank

    T92 light tank

    replaced the Bulldog but never accepted into service. passed by next tank
  • M50 ontos

    M50 ontos

    tank destroyer, used by marines in vietnam. deactivted may 1969
  • T-95

    T-95

    90 mm gun.It was rarely used.
  • M103

    M103

    Built to fight Soviet heavies, but it never saw combat. Replaced by M60 series
  • M 60 Patton

    M 60 Patton

    Main Battle Tank used in all wars and allied countries up to present day.
  • M551 sheridan

    M551 sheridan

    Heat round ammunition. used in Vietnam, Panama, and Kuwait
  • M60A3

    new model of M60. It lasted until 1997.
  • M1A1Abrams

    M1A1Abrams

    3rd generation main battle tank. It replaced the M60
  • M1128 Mobile Gun System

    M1128 Mobile Gun System

    replaced the light tank role in the US military