Desert Fox
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Excellent Report on Light Tanks, and Light Armored Vehicles (Mostly About U.S Military)@Neptune @Horus @AUSTERLITZ @Nihonjin1051 @SvenSvensonov @Penguin @LeveragedBuyout @DESERT FIGHTER @Secur @jhungary @Irfan Baloch @500 @Zarvan @everyone else No offence for forgetting names.
Long but has alot of good info, facts, and opinions. Includes videos, articles, power points etc.
U.S. Army employs light tanks but doesn't admit it
@vostok talks about how russia is doing it the right way regarding armored vehicles.
Russia excels in this field of light tanks, particularly designed for spec ops and airborne troops from what i know. And most Russian conventional tanks even are lighter, faster, and easier to deploy compared to Western tanks.@Hakan ,
The United States Army is looking to its M8 Armoured Gun System, and this design is to take shape in its new concept called the MPF (mobile protected firepower). This is going to be a game changer for precision, quick, high impact force projection for clandestine operations.
Here's an article to read:
U.S. Army in the Market for ‘Light’ Tanks - Blog
Early Soviet light tanks designs:
Soviet Amphibious Tank PT-76:
And its early predecessor the T-40, no other country had a comparable tank at the time (1930's-1940's):