The U.S. Army has officially canceled the M10 Booker combat vehicle program (commonly known as a light tank), its first new armored vehicle in two decades, just two years after it was unveiled. -The ...

The Army has put an end to the M10 Booker program in the midst of low-rate production as it pivots to a focus on a highly ...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Army signed a contract to receive its first light tanks in more than half a century. The new Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle will go not to the heavy armored and ...

The Army’s leadership has insisted that the M10 Booker is not a “light tank,” as some in the press have described it. US Army General Glenn Dean explained to the Military Times that the M10 ...

The US is canceling its M10 Booker program ... infantry support vehicle or "assault gun," rather than a traditional light tank. Development on it began in 2022 after General Dynamics was awarded ...

“In the [U.S.] Army, the historical use of light tanks has been to perform reconnaissance functions. This is not a reconnaissance vehicle,” Dean said. “It’s not actually a mission match ...

In truth, the US Army has always had a love-hate relationship with light tanks. The first American tank to be mass-produced was a license-built adaptation of the French Renault FT light tank that ...

Meet the M551 Sheridan In the late 1950s, the U.S. Army was seeking to replace its fleet of M41 Walker Bulldog light tanks. Initial designs were similar to the M41, mounting the same cannon but ...

The vehicle is meant to replace another light tank, the nearly 17-ton M551 Sheridan ... A December 2021 essay published by The Association of the United States Army contains the answer to the ...

Joe Biden was set to announce the US will send 50 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, referred to as “light tanks”, while Berlin is expected to send Marder vehicles, marking a significant upgrade in ...

On the other hand, the French decided to license the Renault FT Light Tank design to the U.S., hoping it could produce the tank in numbers Stateside. Because it was an already existing design ...