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When the war began in June 1950, the four American infantry divisions on occupation duty in Japan had no medium tanks, only light tanks. When these divisions were sent to Korea in June 1950, they found that the 75 mm gun on their light tanks could not penetrate the armor of North Korean T-34 tanks, whose 85 mm guns had no difficulty piercing ...
British Centurion Mk 3, a first generation main battle tank at Eastbourne Redoubt. Medium tanks gradually evolved into the new concept of the main battle tank.This transition happened gradually in the 1950s, as it was realized that medium tanks could carry guns (such as the US 90 mm gun, Soviet 100mm D-10 tank gun, and especially the British L7 105 mm gun) that could penetrate any practical ...
The Tank Mark VIII (or "Liberty", after its engine) was an Anglo-American tank design of the First World War, a collaborative effort to equip France, the U.K., and the U.S. with a single heavy tank design built in France for an offensive in 1919. Testing of the design was not finished until after the war, and it was decided to build 100 ...
World map of alliances in 1970 The 1975 Apollo-Soyuz space rendez-vous, one of the attempts at cooperation between the US and the USSR during the détenteThe Cold War (1962–1979) refers to the phase within the Cold War that spanned the period between the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis in late October 1962, through the détente period beginning in 1969, to the end of détente in the ...
Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.
Cold War tanks of the United States (33 P) Pages in category "Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
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An American-West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank. Never entered service. Vickers MBT Mark 1: 1964 1965 United Kingdom: 376 38 t 535 hp 480 km British private venture design for export. 1965 India: 2,200 39 t 535 hp 530 km Vijayanta was the Indian license-built version of British Vickers MBT Mark 1. 1970 Kuwait: 70 38 t 535 hp