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4 Options for the Army’s Canceled M10 Booker Tanks
After canceling the M10 Booker program due to weight, cost, and logistical issues, the U.S. Army is now left with many of the ...
The Army has officially begun the process of unloading its not-so-light light tank, the M-10 Booker, following a May announcement that added a list of programs to the chopping block.
In 2020, the U.S. Marine Corps made the drastic decision to eliminate its entire force of M1 Abrams tanks, a move that is ...
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels) A U.S. Marine drives a Joint Light Tactical Vehicles at White Beach as part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force JLTV Operator New Equipment ...
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chandler Hickman, an assaultman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, prepares a M72 Light Anti-Tank Weapon (LAW ...
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Sean Goode, an infantry unit leader with 3d Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, observes a training area at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan on Jan. 22 ...
On December 5, 1923 the first Marine tank platoon was formed at Quantico, Virginia including twenty-two personnel and three French-derived FT-17 light tanks (Model 1917 in U.S. service).
May 26 (UPI) --The U.S. Marine Corps' deactivation of its celebrated 1st Tank Battalion officially ended its involvement with active-duty tanks. A ceremony at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ...
The end of the Marine Corps' tank missions has officially begun. Marines with 1st Tank Battalion recently watched the last of their unit's tanks depart Twentynine Palms, California.