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The M103 heavy tank (officially designated 120mm gun combat tank M103, initially T43) [3] was a heavy tank that served in the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps during the Cold War. Introduced in 1957, it served until 1974, by which time evolution of the concept of a main battle tank considered heavy tanks obsolete.
M103 or M-103 may refer to: M103 heavy tank, an American heavy tank; M103 (New York City bus), a bus route in Manhattan; M-103 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan; Mercedes-Benz M103 engine; Messier 103, an open star cluster in the constellation Cassiopeia; Motion 103, also known as M-103, a motion in the House of Commons of Canada
The T57 heavy tank was an experimental heavy tank developed by the American military during the Cold War era as a further development of the M103 heavy tank. Featuring heavy armor and a long range 120 mm rifled gun, the T57 was supposed to serve as a replacement to the M103 in service with American heavy tank units in Europe.
Heavy tanks feature very heavy armor and weapons relative to lighter tanks. Many heavy tanks shared components with lighter tanks. For example, the US M103 heavy tank shared many components with the lighter Patton tank, including transmission and engine. As a result, they tend to be either underpowered and comparatively slow, or have engine and ...
The Syracuse example is hard to locate, as the "Armed Forces Center" is not found in Google Maps. That name is on a building behind the tank, however. There facility there is US Marine Corps Reserve Center, 1099 E Molloy Rd, Syracuse, NY 13211. [1] GPS coordinates for the tank are: 43°05'55.9"N 76°07'09.9"W
The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963 when the Marine Corps deactivated its last M103 heavy tank battalion. [44] The first American nomenclature-designated second generation MBT was the M60A1 version of the M60 series.
Of the two Heavy Tanks T34 only the second survived. Today it is on display at the National Armor & Cavalry Museum. Even though the T29, T30, and T34 tank family was not put into production, they played an important role in American tank building. Production of the Heavy Tank M103 began in May of 1953. Its design used many solutions tested in ...
M48A3 tank, combat, production version of M48A1E2, 90 mm (1960) M48A4 tank, combat, f-t, M60 turret, 105 mm, (M48E3 chassis) (1965) M48C tank, mild steel, 'C' for condemned embossed into right front hull; M48E1 tank, first with British gun, full-tracked, 105 mm; M48E2 tank, prototype of M48A2; M49 Otter, carrier, cargo/troop, amphibious, full ...