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The U.S. Army has officially canceled the M10 Booker combat vehicle program (commonly known as a light tank), its first new ...
The U.S. Army has canceled the M10 Booker armored vehicle program, just two years after its unveiling, in a move to cut ...
The Army has put an end to the M10 Booker program in the midst of low-rate production as it pivots to a focus on a highly ...
The Marine Corps eliminated its M1 Abrams tanks because they were too heavy for practical use in the Pacific—but a lighter tank exists and is already in production.
Two Marine officers believe the Army's loss could be the Marine Corps' gain by adopting the relatively light but heavily ...
is the M10 Booker a tank? “Now that we’re canceling, you can call it whatever,” Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told reporters Thursday, confirming the program’s end. Cancelling the Booker ...
The Army is canning the M10 Booker, a tank-like armored vehicle that the service chose less than two years ago as its first major new front-line combat weapon in decades, officials said Monday.
A prototype of the M10 Booker, which is a tank whether the Army wants to admit it or not. (Courtesy of General Dynamics Land Systems) When the Army formally unveiled its new tank on June 8, ...
In fact, like most tanks, the new tank, designated the M10 Booker, does not carry personnel other than the crew at all. What’s more, the Booker appears to be a miniaturized version of the M1 ...
The M10 Booker Combat Vehicle is officially part of the U.S. Army. The Booker—which outwardly resembles a small tank—is designed to beef up Army light infantry, paratrooper, and mountain units ...
The Army prefers that the M10 Booker be referred to primarily as a “combat vehicle,” though “infantry assault vehicle” is also used. The vehicle, with a heavy gun and tank-like mobility ...
The Army has spent well over a billion dollars on a light tank the service is now terminating, just as the program was slated to enter into full-rate production. The M10 Booker was going to be the ...