The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. For U.S. foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to Europe. The Act followed Truman's signing of the Economic Cooperation Act, on April 3, 1948, which provided non-military, economic reconstruction and development aid to Europe.
The Patton Tank family (here a Belgian M46) was the direct result of the revival of the late 1940s US armament modernization program framed by the MDAA
Greek US M24s Chaffee in 1956
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and President Harry Truman, 1949
President Ayub Khan and President JF Kennedy's motorcade in 1961
M18 Hellcat
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The M18 Hellcat is a tank destroyer used by the United States Army in World War II and the Korean War. Despite being equipped with the same main gun as some variants of the much larger Sherman tank, the M18 attained a much higher top speed of up to 55 mph (89 km/h) by keeping armor to a minimum, and using the innovative Torqmatic automatic transmission.
M18 Hellcat of the 824th Tank Destroyer Battalion in action at Wiesloch, Germany, April 1945
An M39 carrier used in the Korean War
Armored Utility Vehicle M39 in Korea, 1952