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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.

DA-ST-86-06205. Country: Unknown

The (USMC) M198 155mm Howitzer from 3rd Marine Regiment, 12th Battalion, fires a round during operation Fire Dragon. The goal of the operation is to enhance unit cohesion, improve speed of operation, and give Marines training in realistic combat environments. Subject Operation/Series: Fire Dragon 2000 Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

DA-ST-86-00229. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '85 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-ST-85-12336. Subject Operation/Series: SPEARPOINT '84 / REFORGER '84 Base: Odagsen Country: West Germany (FRG)

Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) engineers use an M-9 Armored Combat Earthmover bulldozer to construct a tank entrenchment at the Twin Bridges training area on Oct. 31, 1998. Twin Bridges, located 25 minutes west of Tongduch'on, Republic of Korea, is the site for a simulated battle on Nov. 2, 1998, between a ROKA Armored Brigade and the 3rd Brigade, 2d Infantry Division from Fort Lewis, Washington, during the combined exercise Foal Eagle '98. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Tongduchon Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Quad air target railer M-55 at the 3 group led weapons, Blomberg, West Germany. The weapon is staffed by Air Force Staff Security (LB).

Scanned diapositifly of a historical color recording of a American tank scanned in the Vietnam War in the Vietnam War.

Two Army personnel converse beside a line of M-60 tanks during the exercise Golden Thunder. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN THUNDER Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

DA-ST-86-09467. Country: Unknown

alte Waffe ist eine Artilleriekanone im Krieg in der Ukraine Ohne Soldaten old weapon is an artillery cannon in the war in Ukraine and the Kursk region of Russia Without soldiers LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/SofiiaxPotaninax 23221081

A member of Co. B, 1ST Bn., 3rd Marines, (Battalion Landing Team 1/3), 3rd Marine Div., Fleet Marine Force, gets up after an M60A1 tank from the 1ST Marine Division has passed over him. He is undergoing a week-long training exercise with his unit during their Western Pacific Cruise (WESTPAC). Base: Zambolies Country: Philippines (PHL)

DM-SC-87-12104. Country: Lebanon (LBN)

Driving an M-113 armored carrier, STS-100 Commander Kent V. Rominger kicks up dust. Passengers include the rest of the crew, Pilot Jeffrey S. Ashby and Mission Specialists Chris A. Hadfield, Scott E. Parazynski, John L. Phillips, Umberto Guidoni and Yuri V. Lonchakov. Driving the tracked vehicle is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency escape training, payload walkdown and a simulated launch countdown. The primary payload on mission STS-100 comprises the Canadian robotic arm, SSRMS, and Multi-Purpose Logistics Module, Raffaello. Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-100 is targeted for April 19 at 2:41 p.m. EDT from Launch Pad 39A

Camouflaged Tanks and Infantrymen Wearing Snow Capes Move Across Snow-Covered Field, Ardennes-Alsace Campaign, Battle of the Bulge, 1945

DA-ST-86-09451. Country: Unknown

Original Film Title: LA BATTAGLIA DELL'ULTIMO PANZER. English Title: BATTLE OF THE LAST PANZER, THE. Film Director: JOSE LUIS MERINO. Year: 1969.

SGT Del Christenson ground guides an M1A1 Abrams Tank on to a flat bed rail car at the Camp Carroll Rail Head in Korea, on Oct. 26, 1998. Christenson, of Alpha Company 1ST Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment, is a participant in a railhead exercise that will move the 33rd Armored Regiment's equipment to Camp Casey in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a field training exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A rear view of an M-577 armored recovery vehicle under camouflage netting during Exercise Reforger '85. A soldier inside the vehicle uses a radio headset. Subject Operation/Series: REF0RGER '85 Base: Bonnland Country: West Germany (FRG)

M-60 main battle tanks are driven off a utility landing craft from the amphibious assault ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) as Marines from the 4th Marine Expeditionary Brigade train in an amphibious beach assault exercise in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Unknown

A member of the 487th Tactical Missile Wing (TMW) raises the launch tubes of a Ground Launch Cruise Missile (GLCM) launcher during a field training deployment. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

American Howitzers Shell German Forces Retreating near Carentan, France, Franklin, U.S. Signal Corps, July 11, 1944

An abandoned Iraqi T-55A main battle tank lies on the side of the road into Kuwait City during the ground phase of Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Kuwait (KWT)

A light armored vehicle splashes off of a Navy air-cushioned landing craft after being ferried from USS GERMANTOWN (LSD 42) to an amphibious raid site during rehersals for the COBRA GOLD '98 combined arms live-fire exercise. The Marines are part of Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, the ground combat element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '98 Base: Hat Yao, Sattahip State: Chon Buri Country: Thailand (THA)

An 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit AAVP6A1 amphibious assault vehicle rolls down the road during the joint Thai/US exercise THALAY THAI '89. Subject Operation/Series: THALAY THAI '89 Base: Ban Pluak Ket Country: Thailand (THA)

Chuignes, France , 1929 - French provinces - Stéphane Passet - (March 26 -May 18) (French - Chuignes , France). Canon, commemorative inscription, ruins, front, bombardment, artillery, post-war period, Registration , Information, First World War

Four Anti Air Missile Turret Louncher on Armored Vehicle

A US Army M2A2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) crewmember stands up through the open turret hatch. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

DN-SN-89-05077. Subject Operation/Series: VALIANT USHER 88 Base: Unknown

Combat Camera personnel from the Air Force, Navy, and British Army Reservists onboard a M35A2 military cargo truck as they prepare to convoy out to the field. The students at the 621st Air Mobility Warfare Center are deploying out to the field exercise area after first going through a week of classroom instruction. Base: Fort Dix State: New Jersey (NJ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

50, 000 NATO soldiers in autumn manoeuvre Grosser Baer on 06.09.1976 in the district of Verden, Germany, Europe

Philippine and U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a combined arms live-fire event during KAMANDAG 6 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, Oct. 13, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Milton R. Savage, a Navy reservist on active duty, sits atop an M1038 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) as soldiers from the 284th Military Police Company stand beside the vehicle during a patrol of the city. U.S. and coalition troops are in Zakhu as part of Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Second World War. Russia, Belgorod Oblast. After the fighting. Destroyed Russian tanks

French soldiers assigned to the 93rd Mountain Artillery Regiment, Multinational Field Artillery Brigade conduct CAESAR self-propelled howitzer live fire during Exercise Dynamic Front 23 at Oksbol, Denmark, March 28, 2023. Exercise Dynamic Front 23 is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa directed, 56th Artillery Command led, multinational exercise desinged to improve allied and partner nation's ability to execute multi-echelon fires, and test interoperability of both tactical and theater-level fires systems in a live environment.

An armored M-88 armored recovery vehicle tows an M-113 armored personnel carrier across a stream during Exercise Team Spirit '84. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '84 Country: South Korea

An M-113A1 armored personnel carrier is driven from a floating causeway onto a beach during exercise Gallant Eagle '86. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030405-M-9124R-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Iraq (IRQ)

M-4 Tank Line, Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA, Alfred T. Palmer for Office of War Information, June 1942

STS-88 Mission Commander Robert D. Cabana operates an M-113, an armored personnel carrier, as part of emergency egress training under the watchful eye of instructor George Hoggard (left) during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The TCDT also provides the crew with simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect their mission payloads in the orbiter's payload bay. Mission STS-88 is targeted for launch on Dec. 3, 1998. It is the first U.S. flight for the assembly of the International Space Station and will carry the Unity connecting module. Others in the STS-88 crew are Pilot Frederick W. "Rick" Sturckow and Mission Specialists Nancy J. Currie, Jerry L. Ross, James H. Newman, and Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut

2 1/2 Ton Truck Bogged Down in Mud, Rhineland Campaign, Germany, 1945

A US Marine from the 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion checks out the area before his vehicle attempts to cross the mud covered ground. The Marines are taking part in two days of training on the Naval Base. They are presently stationed aboard USS NASSAU as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

Cuba Bay of Pigs Museum

An M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle assigned to the 2-9 Infantry, Camp Casey, Republic of Korea (ROK), disembarks a partially assembled pontoon bridge built by the 50th Engineers, 1ST Platoon, Camp Laguardia, ROK, after having crossed the Imjin River, ROK, during a bridge building training exercise on Oct. 22, 1998. Many of the participants in today's exercise are officers participating in accordance with the US Army Officer Professional Development Program, a program designed to improve team building and soldiery. Subject Operation/Series: KOREA CD Base: Imjin River Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Army paratroopers assigned to A Troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 40th Cavalry Regiment, wait for rolling fog to lift before resuming mounted marksmanship live-fire training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Nov. 14, 2018. During the training the Soldiers engaged multiple targets at varying distances with M240B and M2A1 machine guns to hone their mounted marksmanship skills.

US Marines from the 2nd Light Armored Infantry Battalion patrol the Naval Base in a light armored vehicle (LAV) as part of two days of training. The Marines are presently stationed aboard USS NASSAU as part of the operation. Subject Operation/Series: SUPPORT DEMOCRACY Base: Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay Country: Cuba (CUB)

M-60A1 RISE (Reliability Improved Selected Equipment) main battlae tanks of A Troop., 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Divison, fire their guns on the tank live-fire range at the Pohakuloa Training Area. State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-86-06208. Country: Unknown

970316-A-1972C-019. Complete Scene Caption: The end result from the blast of C-4 plastic explosive caused excessive damage to the row wheels that had been placed in the turret of the T55 Russian tank, by the Explosive Ordnance Detachment team, on Camp Dobol, Bosnia, during Operation JOINT GUARD. On December 20, 1996, the Implementation Force (IFOR) mission came to a conclusion and the 1ST Infantry Division was selected to continue serving in Bosnia as part of the new Stabilization Force (SFOR). This decision brought to close the peace mission of Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR and has been the beginning for the current operation known as Operation JOINT GUARD. JOINT GUARD will continue to monitor the militaries of the former warring factions and provide a climate of stability. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

The track of an M1A1 Abrams Tank makes a bridge across the gap between two flat bed rail cars at the Camp Carroll Rail Head in Korea, on Oct. 26, 1998. Alpha Company 1ST Battalion, 33rd Armored Regiment is a participant in a railhead exercise that will move the 33rd Armored Regiment's equipment to Camp Casey in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a field training exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

A sequence of three photos showing the impact of an extended-range anti-armor munition warhead on an Army M-48 full-tracked combat tank target. The left photo shows the warhead seconds before impact. The self-forging fragment of the warhead, in the middle photo, is being fired into the engine by the built-in infrared sensor. The fragment, in the right photo, penetrates and immobilizes the engine. Base: Otis Air National Guard Base State: Massachusetts (MA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CV9030 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 *** CV9030 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-86-01555. Base: Kiev Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)

Against the backdrop of a forest, a 155mm Howitzer under camouflage provides artillery support to the 25th Infantry at the Joint Readiness Training Center. Obstacles of piles of dirt and concertina wire can be seen in the foreground. Base: Fort Polk State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Cavalry Schietkamp. Foreground Leopard 1V (improved). Drive the spray place on the left behind a Leopard 2. Right behind a unimog of the KLU, co-user of the "vliehors". The square structure above the roof is the Meteopost

DA-SC-89-11675. Base: Rock Island Arsenal State: Illinois (IL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

'THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA, 1943: THE DRIVE ON TUNIS. Sergeant Elms of 16/5 Lancers and his tank crew at El Aroussa; Trooper Bates, Royal Armoured Corps, Signalman Bower, Royal Corps of Signals, and Trooper Goddard, Royal Armoured Corps, clean the 6-pounder gun of their Crusader tank while preparing for the drive on Tunis.

A U.S. Army M-939 5-ton cargo truck, in front, and other military transport vehicles are transported to Anchorage on the Alaskan Railroad Hydrotrain during Exercise Brim Frost ''85. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '85 Base: Whittier State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An IFOR marked 1ST Armored Division US Army M113 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) Ambulance, with two crewmembers each standing up through open hatches, travels along a dirt road through a forest in an area near "Gator" Site, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Guards Armoured Training Wing, Pirbright, Surrey, October 1943 A corporal of the Grenadier Guards with a Churchill tank.

Melbourne Australia December 1999 Historic 1990s image of military tanks positioned on a vast meadow signaling a period of defense maneuvers

Three M1 Arams main battle tanks maneuver into firing positions during Exercise REFORGER '85. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '85 Base: Bonnland Country: West Germany (FRG)

U.S. Army M551 Sheridan tanks cross a river on a pontoon bridge, in foreground a sign advises "10 MPH", during REFORGER '82, the multi-national military training exercise. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: REFORGER '82 Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

An IFOR marked Russian Army BTR-80 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), with four crew members each standing up through open hatches, travels on a muddy road that runs through Jusici, Bosnia-Herzegovina, while on patrol in the Russian Sector enforcing the peace in the zone of separation. The Russians are in Bosnia participating in Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Jusici Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

LCPL Standridge from Bravo Company, 1ST Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion , heads off-road into waist deep powder snow in his Light Armored Vehicle (LAV-25) during NORTHERN EDGE. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DA-ST-90-01576. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST '89 Base: Fort Richardson State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Marines standing atop an AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicle take photographs while waiting for the arrival of President George Bush. The president and his wife are paying Thanksgiving Day visits to U.S. troops who are in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

An Iraqi T-72 main battle tank destroyed during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Iraq(IRQ)

DA-ST-86-09468. Country: Unknown

Italian soldiers with 4th Tank Regiment, Garibaldi Brigade engage opposing forces with a C1 Ariete tank while conducting a raid alongside U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany as part of Exercise Saber Junction 22, Sept. 16, 2022.Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 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. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army's Contingency Response Force in Europe, providing rapidly deployable forces to the United States European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility. Forward deployed across Italy and Germany, t

England, London, City of London. Royal Yeomanry C and W Squadrons, central London's only Territorial Army cavalry unit, parading in a light tank in the procession at the Lord Mayor's Show in the City of London.

120907-N-CM547-002PANAMA CITY, Fla. (Sept. 7, 2012) An artist rendering of the Office of Naval Research's Transformable Craft, or T-Craft. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division engineers are supporting two specific technology transitions related to the craft, including finger skirt design improvements and a composite/aluminum hybrid lift-fan design.

DF-ST-90-01984. Base: Raf Upper Heyford Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)

Serbia : A German armoured car moves forward down a village street, lined on the left by burning or captured Serbian vehicles, on the right by victorious German tanks Date: June 1941

Arms manufacturing. The technical director Victor Hammar of Swedish arms manufacturer Bofors is trying their anti-aircraft canon. He was responsible for many of the company's constructions and contributed to Bofors success and world leading arms manufacturer. Sweden 1942. Kristoffersson ref A7-3

DM-ST-87-10910. Subject Operation/Series: COLD WINTER Country: Norway (NOR)

IFOR mission in Bosnia.

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