In the final months of World War II, German tank crews encountered an American weapon they had never been warned about. This film follows the arrival of the M26 Pershing and the German armored crews ...
The American Heritage Museum, a museum that explores America’s wars from the Revolutionary War to today’s Global War on Terror, is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes benefitting the museum. Icons of ...
In the closing chapters of World War II, two tanks faced off that would come to define postwar armored doctrine—the American M26 Pershing and the Soviet T-34-85. Though they rarely clashed directly, ...
Army veteran Clarence Smoyer, the ‘Hero of Cologne’ who helped take the town of Cologne, Germany in March 1945 as tank gunner with the famous ‘Eagle 7’ M26 Pershing tank crew, finally received the ...
A U.S. Army World War II Sherman tank, similar to one being made available to drive as part of a unique initiative, sits on the hillside outside in Belgium. (Virginia Mayo/AP) Christmas has come early ...
CAMP SHELBY, MS (WDAM) - The Mississippi Armed Forces Museum at Camp Shelby is now exhibiting a type of tank which played an important role in the Korean War. A fully restored, M26 Pershing tank has ...
Few civilians understand what it feels like to climb into a military tank and squeeze into the cockpit. Even fewer have had the opportunity to grab ahold of the controls and actually drive one. The ...
A military history museum in Massachusetts that specializes in tanks is sponsoring a fundraising sweepstakes. The prize is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to drive three World War II tanks. The M4 ...