Mutual Defense Assistance Act - Revival of The US Armed Forces Modernization Program

Revival of The US Armed Forces Modernization Program

  • US Army.
The successful but limited use of the new M26 Pershing tank at the end of WWII, led the U.S. forces to believe they had the basis for a successful tank design. However, it did not meet the requirements laid forth by the Ground Forces Equipment Review Board in 1945 as the M26 still used many components of the aging M4 series. At the eruption of the Korean War, the sole readily available tank forces the United States were able to engage were small groups of light M24 Chaffees from the Japan's occupation forces. But this WWII-vintage reconnoitre tank was unable to face the soviet-made medium T34/85 tank.
For more details on this topic, see M46 Patton.
  • US Air Force.
For more details on this topic, see Strategic Air Command.

see also Wikisource : declassified Defense document

  • US Navy.

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