From the T23 prototypes came the T25 and T26, early U.S. tanks armed with 90 mm guns and built to counter Germany’s Tigers.
A U.S. Army World War II Sherman tank, similar to one being made available to drive as part of a unique initiative, sits on the hillside outside in Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) Christmas has come early ...
Developed to counter German heavy armor, the M26 Pershing was America’s long-overdue answer to the Tiger and Panther. But delays, red tape, and shifting doctrines meant it arrived only at the war’s ...
Army veteran Clarence Smoyer, the ‘Hero of Cologne’ who helped take the town of Cologne, Germany in March 1945 as tank gunner with the famous ‘Eagle 7’ M26 Pershing tank crew, finally received the ...
The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...