With the Pershing prone to mechanical failure and the Sherman becoming dated, the US turned to a new series of tanks that would form the backbone of its tank force for most of the Cold War ...

which became known as the first American main battle tank. Today, you can still see the influence of the M26 Pershing on the US's current generation M1 Abrams MBT. It has a rear-mounted engine and ...

It’s the evening of August 17th, 1950, near the city of Pusan, in South Korea. UN forces have been pushed back from the moment they became involved, going from just south of Seoul to cornered against ...

Patton have ensured that the US Army’s tank capabilities would ... This was the Army’s next generation “heavy” medium tank. The Pershing was meant to address the perceived design flaws ...

The Americans saw great success in the war with their Sherman and Pershing tanks ... Many more tanks would be developed in the coming decades from the United States, as it readied its arsenals ...

The T-34 is more maneuverable than the Sherman or the Pershing. The Russian tank’s silhouette is at least a foot lower than either of the U.S. tanks, and its armor slopes back more sharply so ...

Russia warns United States over missiles in Germany Putin says ... and compared the U.S. plans to the NATO decision to deploy Pershing II launchers in Western Europe in 1979.