TWENTYNINE PALMS, Califs -- On the 1st Tank Battalion ramp, a special moment is being shared. A man walks carefully, but assuredly ascends the ramp. He’s moving toward a tank. When he arrives ...

A Marine Corps tank battalion that fought in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam was deactivated Friday, part of a modernization effort intended to bring the corps back to its roots as an amphibious ...

The end of the Marine Corps' tank missions has officially begun. Marines with 1st Tank Battalion recently watched the last of their unit's tanks depart Twentynine Palms, California. Photos taken ...

On April 28, 1918, the 1st Light Tank Battalion was organized at Bourg, France, with Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, Jr., in command.

WASHINGTON — The Army’s 761st Tank Battalion, known as the Black Panthers, was the first Black tank unit to fight in combat in World War II and will be the subject of a documentary to air ...

NOWA DEBA, POLAND – In a display of lethal prowess, the 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment (1-35 AR), 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and the Polish 1st Tank Battalion ...

The last tanks assigned to 1st Tank Battalion depart Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, July 6, 2020. Sgt. Courtney White/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps ...

Army planners are building a new type of battalion for the light tank design that is nearing a decision by service officials, and it’s going to require more armor crewmen. The Mobile Protected ...

So when tankers with the 1st Tank Battalion aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, heard of his last request, they were more than happy to oblige.

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), escorted the tank platoon to northern Helmand province where the tanks will assist coalition forces in securing the ...

The U.S. Marine Corps' deactivation of its celebrated 1st Tank Battalion officially ended its involvement with active-duty tanks.

Paul L. Bates, the white colonel who commanded the first black tank battalion to enter combat in World War II, died Tuesday at his home in Dunedin, Fla. He was 86. The cause was cancer, said a daug… ...