The first Patton tank was a post-World War II upgrade to the M26 Pershing heavy tank. The Pershing was conceived as a response to the German Tiger tank, which outclassed the U.S. Army's primary M4 ...

The battlefields of World War II saw the widespread use of tanks in every environment possible. ... The war in Vietnam would see the deployment of America's most advanced tank yet: the M48 Patton.

The M60 traces its ancestry all the way back to the M26 Pershing heavy tank, a few dozen of which saw action at the end of the World War II. The Pershing was evolved into a series of Patton tanks ...

The story of the Patton tank began during World War II. The U.S. Army, seeking an eventual replacement for the now-famous M4 Sherman medium tank, came up with a new design, the M-26 Pershing.The M ...

In the Battle of Ben Het in March 1969, which was the only tank battle between the U.S. and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA), the tally was one Patton tank damaged with two crew members KIA vs. two ...

In the wake of World War II, tanks earned their spots in militaries around the world as crucial assets as a result ... M60 Patton 'Patton Tank' P5250358 by Chris Light. Total ...

Even though these tanks might vary in speed or armament, they played an instrumental role in deciding the fate of World War II. Here are the fastest and slowest U.S. tanks from World War II: 26.