Osprey - M103 Heavy Tank 1950-74 Souvenir the British army used various

the British army used various small tracked personnel carriers such as the Universal Carrier Mk

Changes made to the turret were: a commander's cupola with seven vision ports

plus helmets

It pioneered a host of new technologies including laminate armour

of which some 10

Osprey - M103 Heavy Tank 1950-74 Souvenir the British army used variousBy Kenneth W Estes Kenneth W Estes looks at what may have been the unwanted 'ugly duckling' of the Army, which refrained from naming the M103 alone of all its postwar tanks. The T43 design represented the pinnacle of U. S. Army tank engineering of the late 1940s. The outbreak of war in Korea brought a rush order in December 1950 which led to a complete production run of 300 vehicles. After 1951, the Marine Corps alone retained confidence in the heavy