The M8 Armored Gun System (AGS), sometimes known as the Buford, is an American light tank that was intended to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW missile-armed Humvees in the 82nd Airborne Division and 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army respectively.
M8 AGS
Close Combat Vehicle Light at the National Museum of Military Vehicles in 2020
A Navy Surface Weapons Center M551 Sheridan mounting a 105 mm caliber gun in 1983
Close Combat Vehicle Light (CCVL) c. 1992
A light tank is a tank variant initially designed for rapid movements in and out of combat, to outmaneuver heavier tanks. It is smaller in size with thinner armor and a less powerful main gun, tailored for better tactical mobility and ease of transport and logistics. They are primarily employed in the screening, armored reconnaissance, skirmishing, artillery observation, and supplementing landing operations in a fire support role of expeditionary forces where larger, heavier tanks are unavailable or have difficulties operating safely or efficiently.
The M24 Chaffee, an American light tank used during the later part of World War II, and several subsequent conflicts
US Army operating Renault FT tanks
British light tank Mk V
Type 95 Ha-Go tanks in New Britain following the Japanese surrender
