American Tanks
With a storied history of solid tank design, the United States has not made a notable contribution since the introduction of the excellent M1 Abrams in the early 1980s.
There are a total of 26 American Tanks in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below by initial year of service. Flag images indicative of country of origin.
1996
While light tanks have lessened their presence on the modern battlefield over time, the US Army began looking at adding such ...
1988
The Stingray Light Tank was developed as a private venture by Cadillac Gage (now Textron Marine & Land Systems) with the budg...
1980
The M1 Abrams was designed by Chrysler Defense and produced under the General Dynamics brand. The tank was introduced in 1979...
1968
The M551 General Sheridan (or simply "Sheridan") was a light-armored and heavily-armed portable tank system utilized by the U...
1965
The Cold War in Europe spanned from 1947 into 1991 and the undisputed enemy to the democratic world was the nuclear-armed Sov...
1960
The M60 "Patton" Main Battle Tank began development in 1957 to counter rumors that the Soviets were working on a new main bat...
1957
The M103 (formally designated as "Tank, Combat, Full Tracked, 120mm, M103") was a heavy tank design of American origination d...
1952
The M48 Patton appeared in 1952 and was produced in over 11,000 examples during her tenure. She went on to form the backbone ...
1951
The M41 was designed and developed as the direct successor to the World War 2-era M24 Chaffee light tank. The M24 served a va...
1951
The M47 was another addition to the long line of main battle tanks stemming from the World War 2-era M26 Pershing "heavy tank...
1950
After the events of World War 2 and Japanese removal from mainland Asia, Korea remained a divided country with a communist no...
1945
The M26 "Pershing" made its official appearance towards the end of World War 2 and was appropriately named after World War 1 ...
1945
The T30 was developed for the American Army during the latter stages of World War 2 to counter the appearance of German Army ...
1945
The T28 heavy tank was the largest tank ever developed for the US Military. Built in 1945 to counter the new generation of Ge...
1944
As World War 2 progressed on all fronts in favor of the Allies, attention began to turn to the final thrust required in Europ...
1944
Long before the Invasion of Normandy in northern France was finalized, American warplanners were aware of the fact that the G...
1944
The Light Tank M24 Chaffee was the successor to the M5 Stuart light tank. Though appearing late into the Second World War, th...
1943
After witnessing the successes of the German airborne divisions to take over most of Western Europe in the opening salvos of ...
1942
The M3 medium tank series appeared at a time when Allied armor (in respects to both armor protection and armament) was genera...
1942
The M4 Sherman series of medium tanks proved an invaluable asset to Allied operations North Africa, Europe and the Pacific th...
1941
The M3 / M5 series (commonly known as the "General Stuart") was an Allied design classified as a light tank and appeared thro...
1940
Tank design and production during the interwar years following World War 1 were extremely limited, leaving only a few select ...
1940
In many ways, the M2 Medium Tank was a stepping stone design for American armored warfare leading up to World War 2. The more...
1935
The "tank" received its baptism of fire in World War 1 as large, cumbersome lozenge-shaped tracked vehicles lumbering about t...
1919
The Mark VIII "International Tank" (also "Liberty" when powered by the American Liberty engine) would become the first tank i...
1918
The M1917 6-ton light tank was an American license-production copy of the highly successful French-designed Renault "char leg...
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