Modern Military Tanks In Action

A collection of military tanks in various settings, showcasing different models like the M-60A1 and M1A1 Abrams during exercises and mock assaults.

M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox., Ky. - June 1942.

960605-M-7232C-010 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF), wash down an M-93 FOX vehicle, a Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System during an exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any NBC occurrence worldwide. Official Marine Corps PHOTO by LCPL. C. D. Clark, 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit. 960605-M-7232C-010 Members of Decon Platoon, Chemical Biological International Reaction Force (CBIRF), wash down an M-93 FOX vehicle, a Nuclear Biological Chemical Reconnaissance System during an exercise aboard Camp Lejeune, NC. The exercise was the first since the creation of CBIRF, a unit designed to respond to any NBC occurrence worldwide. Official Marine Corps Photo by LCpl. C. D. Clark, 2d Marine Division Combat Camera Unit.

Quad air goal mitrailer M-55 at the 3 group of arms guided, Blomberg, West Germany. The weapon is staffed by air force staff security.

M-60A1 main battle tanks maneuver on the firing range during a mock assault conducted as part of a firepower demonstration for President Carter. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Medium shot, left side front view of a desert camouflaged M1A1 Abrams tank with a mine plough system. The tank commander, loader and driver are outside their turrets. The commander mans the 12.7mm machine gun. The loader mans a 7.62mm machine gun. The crew, from 1ST Tanks, 1ST Marine Division observe the surrounding area during Kernel Blitz '99 at the US Marine base at Camp Pendleton, California. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '99 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M-3 tanks in action, Ft. Knox., Ky. - June 1942.

DM-SC-87-12105. Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DF-ST-85-01350. Subject Operation/Series: AIR WARRIOR Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-88-04757. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-86-07748. Base: Savannah State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment patrol a deserted Iraqi training compound in an LAV-25 light armored vehicle. The U.S. military presence in the area is part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Second World War. Russia, Belgorod Oblast. After the fighting. German tank with tank soldiers

Combat-ready Marines from Co. A, 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Div., disembark an LVTP-7 tracked landing vehicle to assault an enemy bunker on the beach. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center. Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A group of M2A1 BFVs (Bradley Fighting Vehicle) are loaded onto a flat bed depart Pier 8 at the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 24, 1998. The M2A1s come from the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Regiment out of Fort Lewis, Washington. They are being railheaded to Camp Humphreys where they will link up with the remainder of their element to continue their mission in Exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer from Bravo Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Regiment is positioned with the aid of a M923 5-Ton Truck during a combined arms live fire exercise. The M198 is constructed of aluminum and steel, and is air transportable by CH-53E helicopter and C-130 or larger fixed-wing aircraft. Maximum effective range with conventional ammunition is 22,400 meters (13.92 miles) and with a rocket-assisted projectile, 30,000 meters (18.64 miles). Base: Mcb, Hawaii State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An M2A1 (Bradley Fighting Vehicle) is loaded onto a flat bed car at Pier 8 in the Port of Pusan, Republic of Korea, Oct. 23, 1998. The M2A1 comes from the 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division out of Fort Lewis, Washington. The railhead will transport various types of tracked vehicles from the Port of Pusan to Camp Humphreys where they will link up with the rest of their contingent and continue their mission in exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Pusan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

DM-ST-88-07836. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR Base: El Hamman Country: Egypt (EGY)

Emergency crash crew members with the Landing Support Battalion, Camp Foster test fire-fighting equipment in preparation for an incoming flight. Base: Ie Shima Island State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Military Tank on Display, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Marines inspect an Iraqi Type 69-II main battle tank damaged during Operation Desert Storm. A Marine Corps LAV-AT light armored anti-tank vehicle is in the background. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

AN M-60 aggressor forces tank group maneuvers through the field during training. The soldiers are assigned to the Army Air National Guard, involved in exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Croatian Defense Council (HVO) soldiers stand out the top of a Russian 122 MM Howitzer 2S1 tank during Operation Joint Endeavor. The tank was originally owned by the Serbs and later captured by the Croatians. The 4TH Guards Artillery Demonstration took place in Dusine, Bosnia-Herzegovina on February 26,1996 for IFOR. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Dusine Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

A crewman services the tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) anti-tank missile launcher mounted atop an LAV-25 light armored vehicle (LAV) during the joint services Exercise Solid Shield '89. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '89 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines of the 3rd Battalion, Camp Lejeune, N.C., climb into a Marine AAV-7A1 armored assault vehicle in amphibious assault training during a joint military exercise called OCEAN VENTURE '92. Subject Operation/Series: OCEAN VENTURE '92 State: North Carolina(NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

A soldier from 2nd Infantry Division, Orange team, aims a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire guided missile system (TOW) mounted on top of a High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Inchon Country: South Korea

Two LVTP-7 personnel tracked landing vehicles are operated at the Marine Corps Development and Education Command. Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two Marine tank crewmen stretch out on cots beside their M-60A1 tank at a camp in northern Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. The tank has reactive armor attached to its hull and turret. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Opposing force soldiers fire an M2 .50-caliber machine gun and an M60 machine gun from an M113 armored personnel carrier during Exercise SOLID SHIELD 85. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD 85 Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Pandur II 8x8 of the Czech Army, Taken During an Exercise of the German Armed Forces From Norway and the Czech Republic During the Wettiner Schwert Exercise As Part Of The Quadriga 2024 In The Training Town of Schnoeggersburg, 08 04 Schnoeggersburg Germany copyright: xflorianxgaertnerxphotothotothotothotothotothotothe

Soldiers, aboard an M-60 aggressor forces tank, enjoy their lunch break during field training. The soldiers are assigned to the Army Air National Guard, involved in exercise Sentry Castle '81. Subject Operation/Series: SENTRY CASTLE '81 Base: Fort Drum State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Prisoners Taken During Advance of Bastogne, Belgium, Being Evacuated, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge, December 1944

A group of Canadian army Grizzly wheeled armored personnel carriers is lined up prior to moving out during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

Soldiers quickly leave a YPR 765 PRI (armor caterpillar infantry vehicle) via the lowered tailgate, to put the fight on foot. The vehicle is armed with an Oerlikon 25mm quick fire gun.

Silhouettes of US Marines on M1A1 Battle Tank at Sunrise

DN-ST-89-11001. Base: Naval Air Station, North Island State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of the 101st Airborne Division fire a round from an M-102 105mm howitzer during a 21-gun salute honoring 248 members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. The soldiers died in a plane crash on December 12, 1985, at Gander Airport, Newfoundland, Canada. The 3rd Battalion was returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert. Base: Fort Campbell State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

M-3 Tanks, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA, Alfred T. Palmer, Office of War Information, June 1942

Front view of an M1A1 Tank during training maneuvers. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '91 Base: Musumak Country: Korea

Enemy Troops Passing Burning U.S. Equipment, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge, 1945

1974 - A right front view of a Soviet ZSU-23-4 quad 23 mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

Members of the Beachmaster Unit Two, Naval Amphibious Base (NAB) Little Creek, Norfolk, Virginia, inspect the M-198 155mm howitzers loaded onto a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vessel during the extraction of soldiers of B Battery, 1ST Battalion, 377th Field Artillery Regiment (Air Assault), Fort Bragg, North Carolina after participating in JTFX 98-1. Subject Operation/Series: JTFX 98-1 Base: Vieques Island State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, STS-128 Mission Specialist Jose Hernandez takes his turn driving an M-113 armored personnel carrier. The crew is at Kennedy for a launch dress rehearsal called the terminal countdown demonstration test, or TCDT, which includes emergency exit training and equipment familiarization, as well as a simulated launch countdown. Launch of Discovery is targeted for late August.

Leopard 2 A4 des norwegischen Telemark Battalion, aufgenommen im Rahmen einer Uebung der Bundeswehr mit Streitkraeften aus Norwegen und der Tschechischen Republik bei der Uebung Wettiner Schwert im Rahmen der Quadriga 2024 in der Uebungsstadt Schnoeggersburg, 08.04.2024. Schnoeggersburg Deutschland *** Leopard 2 A4 of the Norwegian Telemark Battalion, taken during an exercise of the German Armed Forces with forces from Norway and the Czech Republic during the exercise Wettiner Schwert as part of the Quadriga 2024 in the training town Schnoeggersburg, 08 04 2024 Schnoeggersburg Germany Copyright: xFlorianxGaertnerxphotothek.dex

DN-ST-89-01482. Subject Operation/Series: TEAMWORK Country: Norway (NOR)

An M88A1 Tank Recovery Vehicle of the First Armored Division and its troops are the first to cross the bridge over the Sava River which links Croatia to Bosnia-Herzegovina. The bridge was constructed in support of Operation Joint Endeavor. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Sava River Country: Croatia (HRV)

Destroyed tank in Gradacac, Bosnia-Herzegovina

DM-SC-87-12123. Base: Beirut Country: Lebanon (LBN)

DA-ST-88-04607. Base: Fort Knox State: Kentucky (KY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Romanian Soldiers prepare to launch a simulated assault against the U.S. Army's 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment (OpFor) as part of exercise Saber Junction 22 in Hohenfels, Germany, Sep. 13, 2022. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Armys 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas.

DA-ST-85-12362. Subject Operation/Series: SPEARPOINT '84 / REFORGER '84 Country: West Germany (FRG)

Army soldiers with military tanks on a battlefield

DA-ST-86-09463. Country: Unknown

A pair of Canadian army M-113A1 armored personnel carriers brings up the rear of a convoy during the combined United States/Canadian NATO exercise RENDEZVOUS '83. Subject Operation/Series: RENDEZVOUS '83 Base: Camp Wainwright State: Alberta (AB) Country: Canada (CAN)

The M198 155 howitzer is laid and ready for "Fire Mission" during "C" Battery, 1ST Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment deployment to mainland Japan, for the 3rd Artillery live-fire relocation training site. Base: Sendai Country: Japan (JPN)

An armored junction against air goals (PRTL) in full company with tracking air goals. The search radar affects the airspace and the VOLGRADAR follows a goal.

US Army soldiers, Alpha Company, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 1ST Engineering Brigade, 1ST Infantry Division (Mechanized), use an M60 chassis, without bridging, in an attempt to free an M60 Armored Vehicle-Launching Bridge (AVLB) while moving the bridge through a narrow road outside the town of Olivo in Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Not Shown) Part of the road gave out and the (AVLB) nearly flipped over a cliff. Operation JOINT GUARD, 22 July 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Olivo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Colour photograph of an M-4 Tank line in Ft Knox. Photographed by Alfred T. Palmer. Dated 1942

DA-ST-88-04827. Base: Fort Irwin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020325-N-5148Y-033. Subject Operation/Series: RSOI/FE 02 Base: Twin Bridges Training Ground Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: FLTCOMCAMGRUPAC

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An Egyptian soldier decontaminates an M-109 155mm self-propelled howitzer of the Egyptian army's 3rd Armored Brigade during a field demonstration, part of Operation Desert Shield.. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

970620-N-9315S-002. Complete Scene Caption: A Abrams M1-A1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) is loaded aboard a Landing Craft, Air Cushioned (LCAC), from Assault Craft Unit 5 (ACU 5), DET BRAVO, for transport to USS COMSTOCK (LSD 45) at White Beach, Camp Pendleton, California. The USS COMSTOCK is participating in Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is a bi-annual Commander-in-CHIEF Pacific (CINCPAC) fleet training exercise (FLEETEX) focused on operational/tactical training of Commander, Third Fleet (C3F)/ I Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) and Commander, Amphibious Group 3 (CPG-3)/ 1ST Marine Division (MARDIV). KERNEL BLITZ is designed to enhance the training of Sailors and Marines in the complexities of brigade-size amphibious assault operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Near the Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, members of the Australian Army make sure everything is tied down and locked up on their Armored Personel Carriers (APC) before letting the train depart for Brisbane. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE '99 State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS)

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DA-SC-87-04699. Subject Operation/Series: ORIENT SHIELD '85 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

DA-ST-87-08564. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-SC-85-11458. Subject Operation/Series: COMPANY TEAM DEFENSE Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Equipment. 1930 - 1949. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Negative. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Overloon war and resistance Museum. Second World War. Nijmegen. Netherlands.

US Marines from 1ST Battalion, 12th Marines, Charlie Company, fire an M198 Howitzer during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area on the Big Island of Hawaii. Base: Pohakuloa Training Area State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

a pandur ii tank navigates the Bundeswehrs amphibie m3 floating bridge in the elbe river as part of the wettiner sword military exercise with german and czech soldiers near Tangermuendende, 26 03 2024 Wettiner sword is part of the nato tangling mucus exercise

Members of the 10th Marine Regiment examine an XM-198 155mm howitzer under camouflage during Exercise Solid Shield '83 at Tactical Landing Zone Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: SOLID SHIELD '83 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines from 1ST Marine Division, 3rd Amphibious Armored Vehicle Battalion, act as opposing forces (OPFOR) driving Soviet BRDM-2 Amphibious Scout Car during Exercise KERNEL BLITZ '97. KERNEL BLITZ is taking place off the coast of Southern California and Camp Pendleton to train Navy and Marine Corps personnel in amphibious operations. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Quad air goal mitrailer M-55 at the 3 group of arms guided, Blomberg, West Germany. The weapon is staffed by air force staff security.

Marines of Company D, 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion, stand in the hatches of their LAV25 light armored vehicles (LAVs) during a halt in a route reconnaissance patrol west of Howard Air Force Base. Country: Panama (PAN)

DF-ST-87-08469. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Kodiak State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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