Ford is known for making durable cars, trucks, and SUVs. During World War II, the company also produced some tanks that were critical to the allied effort.

The following day, Japanese forces lost one of the world's two biggest battleships ... a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese carriers approaching from ...

The powerful tank destroyer and its later variants continued serving on the front lines until the war's end and was officially retired in the 1950s. Formally called the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage ...

This section examines the evolution of the IBCT through some of its historical precedents: battle cruiser, tank destroyers, World War II Cavalry Groups of World War II, and the 2 nd Armored Cavalry ...

The sky. Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus stores were filled with an abundance of leftover warplane parts, which included plenty of drop tanks, or belly tanks. Belly tanks were ...

During World War II, some armies—the British Army, in particular—bolted metal spans to the top of tank chassis and used the resulting “funnies” to rapidly erect bridges across vehicle ...

Although the tank destroyer has barely any armor ... The Maus is one of the most iconic 'Wunderwaffe' vehicles from the Second World War. It sits at Rank V, BR 7.7, and is the heaviest tank ...

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it continued creating M4 engines for other tanks until the end of World War II. Ford also produced the M10 Tank Destroyer as part of the war effort, ultimately making 1,038 of this powerful tank.