At the Stuart Tank Museum in Berwick, curator Tom McLaughlin is looking at pictures of an M37 Howitzer Motor Carriage, also known as a tank destroyer that the museum has in its collection. McLaughlin ...
Staff Sgt. Clyde Choate was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions defending a German tank attack during WWII. (Source: Military Times Hall of Valor) By the time the United States entered World ...
It's not uncommon for civilians to see an armored fighting vehicle (AFV) with caterpillar tread and a large cannon and call it a tank. Those are the basic features that make up a main battle tank, ...
Here’s What You Need To Know: The shortcomings of U.S. tank destroyers are clear. During the 1940s, the U.S. Army developed a special weapon to counter the tanks of the German Wehrmacht. Most of these ...
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Tank-destroyers were pretty much just tanks with inferior armor and better guns. Contrary to doctrine, commanders in the field asked them to perform most of the same ...