The M103 heavy tank 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
M103A2 at the Bovington Tank Museum
T43 pilot #1 at the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning
A Marine M103 on American-Spanish naval exercises, October 1964
US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion staff sergeant holding an M356 HE-T high-explosive round in 1959
The T-10 was a Soviet heavy tank of the Cold War, the final development of the IS tank series. During development, it was called Object 730. It was accepted into production in 1953 as the IS-8, but du
M103 heavy tank
…ever built." Like the contemporary British Conqueror, the M103 was designed to counter Soviet heavy tanks, such as the later IS-series tanks or the T-10, if conflict with the Eastern Bloc broke out. Its long-ranged 4.7 in (120 mm) cannon was designed to destroy enemy tanks at extreme distances. In 1953…
T-10M at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, Kyiv
T-10A in Kaharlyk, Ukraine