The A41 Centurion Mark 13 Main Battle Tank was built by the British at the end of World War II. It was used by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. The AEC Company in Middlesex began developing the Centurion Mark 13 main battle tank in 1944. Six prototypes were finished before World War II ended, …
Category Archives: Vietnam War Tanks
M41 Walker Bulldog Light Tank
The M41 Walker Bulldog light tank was built to replace the M24 Chaffee light tank, which was the standard light tank being used by the United States at the end of World War II. Just after the war ended, the US began developing a new light tank, the T-37. A prototype, the T-37 Phase I, …
M48 Patton Medium Tank
The M48 Patton medium tank was the most common United States tank to be used during the Vietnam War. It was involved in the only tank vs. tank battle between the US Army and the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War, the Battle of Ben Het in 1969, when several M48 Patton medium tanks fought 10 …
M551 Sheridan Light Tank
The M551 Sheridan light tank was designed to replace the M41 light tank and the M56 self-propelled anti-tank gun, thus fulfilling both reconnaissance and anti-tank roles. The M551 was supposed to be an amphibious tank, like the Soviet PT-76 light tank, which had entered service in the 1950s. The Sheridan was also supposed to be …
PT-76 Light Amphibious Tank
The PT-76 light amphibious tank is a fully amphibious tank that was developed in the Soviet Union after the World War II. It has been used by countries all over the world. During the Vietnam War, the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) used the PT-76. It could easily travel through rice paddies and traverse bridges that …
T-54/T-55 Main Battle Tank
T-54 and T-55 main battle tanks have been among the most widely used tanks in the world. The USSR supplied the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong with T-54 and T-55 tanks during the Vietnam War. In1947, the Soviets built the first prototype of the T-54 main battle tank. This was based on the T-44 medium tank, a …
Type 59 Main Battle Tank
The Type 59 main battle tank was the most common tank of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – the unified armed force of Communist China – until the start of the 21st century. It is based on the Soviet Union’s T-54 main battle tank. In the early 1950s, the Soviet Union gave China some T-54 tanks. The Chinese used the …
Type 62 Light Tank
China’s Type 62 light tank was based on the Type 59 main battle tank. The Type 62 light tank was designed to be lighter than the Type 59 MBT, so that the Type 62 would be easier to operate in the rugged terrain that exists in southern China. NORINCO (China North Industries Corporation) began developing …
Type 63 Light Amphibious Tank
The Type 63 light amphibious tank was China’s first fully amphibious tank. It was based on the Soviet Union’s PT-76 light amphibious tank. In the mid 1950s, the Soviet Union gave China some PT-76s. China decided to develop its own amphibious tank based on the PT-76. It was to be used in the rice paddies …