The Mobile Protected Firepower Program winner could provide the U.S. Army with a lightweight, air-mobile armored vehicle. The United States Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower program, which seeks to ...

Key Points - The M551 Sheridan light tank, designed for airborne forces with air-drop and amphibious capabilities, was rushed into the Vietnam War in 1969. -Its mobility and 152mm gun, particularly ...

The Army will not use the M10 Booker light tank after nearly a year of field tests. The decision to scrap the $436 million program is due to the tank's weight and ineffectiveness. The 82nd Airborne ...

Summary and Key Points: The M551 Sheridan, a U.S. Army light tank used from 1969 to 1997, exemplified the role of light tanks in specialized military operations despite its flaws.... Summary and Key ...

The Army’s Mobile Protected Firepower vehicles are in many ways smaller, lighter versions of the service’s M1 Abrams main battle tanks, and are designed to give light infantry and airborne units more ...