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, ...
In November 1944, as German Panthers and Tigers challenged the U.S. 2nd Armored Division near Puffendorf, standard Sherman guns struggled to penetrate heavy armor at distance. The arrival of the M36 ...
Armed with a powerful 90mm gun, the M36 Jackson was America’s answer to heavy German armor. Fast, accurate, and lethal, it turned tank destroyers into true tank hunters and gave U.S. forces a ...