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The United States has produced tanks since their inception in World War I, up until the present day.While there were several American experiments in tank design, the first American tanks to see service were copies of French light tanks and a joint heavy tank design with the United Kingdom.
Currently active military equipment by country; Vehicle registration plates of the United States Army in Germany; M-numbers; List of land vehicles of the U.S. Armed Forces; List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. Armed Forces; List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps; List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps
The United States' largest deployment of M60s was in the 1991 Gulf War, where the US Marines equipped with M60A1s effectively defeated Iraqi armored forces, including T-72 tanks. The United States retired the M60 from front-line combat after Operation Desert Storm, with the last tanks being retired from National Guard service in 1997. M60 ...
Vehicle registration plates of the United States Army in Germany; Tank classification; List of "M" series military vehicles; List of currently active United States military land vehicles; List of crew served weapons of the US Armed Forces; List of vehicles of the United States Marine Corps; List of weapons of the U.S. Marine Corps; G-numbers
United States – United States Marine Corps: In 2020 the Marine Corps announced the disbandment of its tank units, citing a pivot towards amphibious warfare by implementing Force Design 2030. [353] All 450 of the Marine Corps M1 Abrams MBTs were transferred to the U.S. Army with withdrawal from Marine Corps service being completed in May 2021.
The Yom Kippur War in 1973 demonstrated high attrition rates of tanks due to ATGMs and, besides diverging hundreds of American tanks to make up Israeli losses, forced the US Army to raise its inventory objectives from 8,300 initially to 10,300 and by 1976 to 14,400 tanks. The opened gap had to be closed as quickly and cheaply as possible, so it ...
The M47 was the U.S. Army's and Marine Corps' primary tank, intended to replace the M26 Pershing and M46 Patton medium tanks. [note 1] The M47 was widely used by U.S. Cold War allies, both SEATO and NATO countries, and was the only Patton series tank that never saw combat while in US service.
United States Israel: 630 An extensively upgraded M60 Patton tank developed by Israel Military Industries. 2009 Israel Turkey: 450 The Sabra Mk II is known as the M60T in Turkish service. M60A3 SLEP: 2019 Taiwan — Taiwanese 2019 Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) modular update of the M60A3 in conjunction with Elbit Systems.