In the final months of World War II, an American tank entered combat that German crews did not immediately recognize. It faced Germany’s most feared armor in a ruined city, changing the balance of ...
In early 1942, as the first M4 Shermans entered service, American designers were already planning a superior tank, leading to ...
Key point: In the 1940s and 1950s, the Soviets, British, and French all fielded heavy tanks. The United States had fielded the forty-six-ton M-26 Pershing at the the end of World War II ...