M4A3 (76)W "Somme IV" of A Co, 4th Tank Bn, US 1st AD, central Italy, 19 X 1944.
Often depicted in artwork and scale modelling, it belongs to perhaps the shortest-lived US tank unit to see combat in WWII, as the 4th was created from elements of the 1st and 13th ARs in July 1944*.
Major Heinz Guderian in Sweden, 1929.
During this visit Guderian would get to drive a tank for the first time in his career, it was a Stridsvagn m/21-29.
Today's "Odd Tank" is the ๐บ๐ธAmerican 'LVTEX-3'
Developed in the late 1960's into the early 1970's, this prototype amphibious support vehicle was created for the US Marines. The vehicle is made from the LVTP-7 hull and the turret of the M551 Sheridan Light Tank. Only one LVTEX-3 in this configuration was made.
The main armament is a 105mm M68 rifled gun.