A selection of Life’s best color photographs of Allied tanks and AFVs in World War II. Click any thumbnail for a high-resolution copy of the image on Google Images.
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The crew of a U.S. M4 Sherman tank on top of their vehicle near the town of Avaranches in Normandy during August 1944. Photographer: Frank Scherschel. | |
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M5 Stuart light tank advances in Italy followed by a DUKW amphibious truck in August 1944. Photographer: George Silk. | |
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Light tanks of the Free French forces drive past the Arc de Triomphe in Paris during the victory parade celebrating the liberation of the city by Allied forces. Photographer: Frank Scherschel. | |
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An American tank destroyer passes a second vehicle which has slid off the road into the ditch during the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. Photographer: George Silk. | |
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A U.S. M31 tank recovery vehicle built on the M3 chassis advances in Tunisia during April 1943. Photographer: Eliot Elisofon. | |
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U.S. tanks parked in a field in Italy between battles during the Italian campaign in August 1944. Photographer: George Silk. | |
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U.S. 105-mm HMC M7 “Priest” self-propelled artillery during the advance towards Rome in May 1944. Photographer: Carl Mydans. |
