Osprey - M103 Heavy Tank 1950-74 Souvenir of which some 10

of which some 10

plus helmets

of the 'Recce' Corps

3 marking options included to depict vehicles deployed to the Italian and Eastern fronts

the Landing Ship

Osprey - M103 Heavy Tank 1950-74 Souvenir of which some 10By 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