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This category is for articles about military vehicles introduced or produced during the Cold War (ca. 1946 — ca. 1990). See also the preceding Category:World War II vehicles and the succeeding Category:Military vehicles of the post–Cold War period
Pages in category "Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The M48s saw extensive action during the Vietnam War, with over 600 Pattons deployed. [7] The initial M48s landed with the Marines in 1965. [ 8 ] Remaining Pattons deployed to South Vietnam were in three U.S. Army battalions, the 1-77th Armor near the demilitarized zone , the 1-69th Armor in the Central Highlands , and the 2-34th Armor near the ...
Cold War armored fighting vehicles of the United States (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "Armoured fighting vehicles of the Cold War" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Centurion [40] – main British early Cold War tank. Conqueror [41] – used from mid 50s to mid 60s to give long range anti-tank support to Centurions. Built to counter IS-3. Chieftain [42] – main British tank of Cold War and mid Cold War. Challenger 1 [43] – Main British tank late Cold War or 1980s.
During the early Cold War the US wielded the more conventional M41 Walker Bulldog. [4] From the mid-late Cold War Infantry Fighting Vehicles such as the Soviet BMP and US M2 Bradley to an extent replaced light tanks, being similar to the extent that they are lesser armed and armored but lighter and cheaper than main battle tanks.
Both combat vehicles have been in service since the early 1980s and have logged extensive combat experience in the decades since, including during the Gulf War, where they were successful in ...
Military vehicles include all land combat ... fighting vehicle (Brazil; Cold War ... in Sweden by Scania-Vabis under license during the Second World War.