American Armor

An overview of all the American Tanks, Tank Destroyers, Self Propelled Guns and Utility of WW2 in our Armor collection.

In 1944 the American Sherman M4A3E2 Medium Assault "Jumbo" tank was designed to counter heavy German tanks like …

Posted February 24, 2023 (updated March 27, 2024) by Pascal

The BARV, Beach Armored Recovery Vehicle, was based on the Sherman M4 Medium tank [...]Read More...

Posted February 18, 2023 (updated June 23, 2023) by Patrick

Officially named 90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36B1. A 90 mm M3 gun installed on the Sherman M4A3 …

Posted April 8, 2022 (updated October 21, 2024) by Patrick

Sherman DD Tank- Duplex Drive M4A2(75). DD tanks worked by erecting a 'flotation screen' around the tank, which …

Posted February 2, 2022 (updated June 23, 2023) by Patrick

United States M3A1 - Stuart IV - Light Tank. Photographed at The Tank Museum in Bovington, England 2017. …

Posted February 2, 2022 (updated February 3, 2023) by Patrick

The Tank Museum in Bovington has an impressive collection of over 300 tanks on display like the Tiger …

Posted February 1, 2022 (updated June 22, 2023) by Pascal

Musée des Blindes in Saumur, France has one of the biggest collections of armored vehicles and tanks in …

Posted January 30, 2022 (updated October 27, 2024) by Pascal

M3 Grant Medium Tank -Britsh designation, M3 Lee American designation. This post covers the M3 Grant. Photographed at …

Posted January 28, 2022 (updated February 3, 2023) by Patrick

Named after Michael Dewar who went to America during "The Tank Project". The Brits needed more Armor during …

Posted January 28, 2022 (updated February 22, 2023) by Patrick