Cold War Light Tanks

The ro2000 series of vehicles was a late cold war attempt by the royal.

Cold war light tanks. Starting from the sundry families of light medium and heavy tanks the strategists and tacticians of both nato and the warsaw pact got to work revising the tactics and technologies inherited from ww2. Ro2004 light tank contents. The m22 locust was a world war ii american designed airborne light tank. United kingdom 1985 light tank partly built.

Amx 13 light tank. In the korean war m24 chaffees were the first u s. Light tanks m24 chaffee. From the mid late cold war infantry fighting vehicles such as the soviet bmp and us m2 bradley to an extent replaced light tanks being similar to the extent that they are lesser armed and armored but lighter and cheaper than main battle tanks.

M malory in early cold war tanks. The royal ordnance ro2004 light tank was to be built on the ro2000 universal lightweight chassis and. This led to the development of new armored vehicles including main battle tanks mbts armored personnel carriers apcs and other specialized vehicles. The amx 13 entered service in 1953.

The cold war saw a surge in tank design and production with each side attempting to out do the other through evermore impressive end products. The armored gun system. Type 63 tank type 64 tank. Tanks of north korea.

Only 830 were built with production ending in 1945. The tanks faced many technical problems and did not do well in action. Tanks to fight the north korean t 34 85s. The development of the m22 began in 1941 to answer the british military request for a light tank that could be carried by gliders.

11 of april 2011. France s amx 13 light tank was designed soon after world war ii ended. There are a total of 110 cold war tanks 1947 1991 entries in the military factory. In the post world war 2 years the british did away with the cruiser infantry tank concept and adopted the main battle tank in its place.

The first prototype was finished in 1948 and production began in 1952. At the end of the cold war light tank like armored cars were designed such as the south african rooikat and the italian b1 centauro which have seen service in the post cold war era. Plans started to build an even lighter replacement mounting the same gun resulting in the t 71 and t 92.