The U.S. Department of Defense insists that the "M10 Booker, formerly known as Mobile Protected Firepower, is not a light tank" for some inexplicable reason (perhaps to distract people from the fact that the U.S. military doesn't really need it). From the link:
It has full tracks. So do tanks.It has a 105mm main gun intended for direct-fire engagements. So do tanks, and the original M1 Abrams had a similar cannon.ts turret can traverse 360 degrees. So can those of tanks.Its controls mimic those of the M1 Abrams main battle tank.It doesn’t carry infantry into battle. Neither do tanks.It’s protected enough to withstand attacks from enemy armored vehicles. So are tanks.Even Dean, a prominent Booker tank denier, confessed that it “looks like, smells like [and] feels like” a tank.. . .Stop gaslighting us. It’s a damn tank.
The DOD is right on one point. It isn't really a "light tank", at 42 tons, it's a "medium tank". It's about the same size as main battle tanks in Russia, Japan, and many other world military forces.
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I once owned a PT Cruiser. It was, if I recall correctly, a light truck. Perhaps there is some legal or financial aspect to calling it something other than a tank? Install Chat GPT and just ask it how it identifies?
It is bigger than the M4 Sherman Medium Tank. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4_Sherman
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